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Limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota.
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Instituted by the U.S. and Mexico, establishes a guest-worker treaty for Mexican farm workers in the U.S.
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Also known as the McCarran–Walter Act, restricted immigration into the U.S.
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Drive to deport undocumented immigrants, primarily from Mexico.
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Gives undocumented immigrants a chance to gain legal status.
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Increased the limits on legal immigration to the United States, revised all grounds for exclusion and deportation, authorized temporary protected status to aliens of designated countries, revised and established new nonimmigrant admission categories, revised and extended the Visa Waiver Pilot Program, and revised naturalization authority and requirements.
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Secures the United States from threats. Establish after 9/11 terrorist attacks. Primary responsibility is to protect the United States from and responding to terrorist attacks
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Deployed regular citizens not employed by the law enforcement to track down undocumented immigrants. Caused lots of controversy.
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Requires people to provide proof of citizenship to register to vote.
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Authorized the construction of 1,127 kilometers of double-layered fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border. Fence is still standing.
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Required police to determine the immigration status of individual arrested or detained when there is “reasonable suspicion” they are not U.S. Citizens. Soon after, judge blocks parts of law.
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Businesses are no longer able to hire undocumented immigrants without facing penalties. Social Security number is required to obtain a job.
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Also known as the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act. American legislative proposal for a multi-phase process for undocumented immigrants in the United States that would first grant conditional residency and upon meeting further qualifications, permanent residency.
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Strentghened border protections, increased interior enforcement, changed the employment-based and the family-based visas, and allowed undocumented immigrants to obtain legal status.
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Obama proposed to build on the border issue and get additional resources to secure our border, make it easier and faster for high-skilled immigrants, graduates, and entrepreneurs to stay and contribute to our economy, and help the undocumented immigrants who already live in the country. This is something he says he is still working on.
