Beginning of Colonial Immigration; English Settlers Arrive in America
Importation of African Slaves Begins
Anti-Quaker Immigration Popular but Quakers still Immigrate
1717-1769 - 36,000 British Convicts Transported to America after Passage of Transportation Act of 1717
Pennsylvania’s Immigration Law Ignored by Ship Masters; New Tax and Health Inspections Imposed on Immigrants
Alien and Sedition Acts Enacted; US President Given Power to Punish and Deport Immigrants; Residency Requirement for Naturalization Increases to 14 Years
Foreign Slave Trade Becomes Illegal; 50,000 Slaves Become First "Illegal Aliens" in the US
Supreme Court Rules That Congress Alone Can Regulate Immigration
Chinese Immigration to the United States Increases During the Gold Rush
State Immigration Laws Become Unconstitutional; Congress Begins to Bring Immigration Under Direct Federal Control for the First Time
Mexican Revolution Drives Thousands of Mexicans across the US-Mexican Border
US Labor Secretary Estimates That over 1,000,000 Mexicans Are in United States Illegally
Mexican “Repatriation Act” Forces Immigrants in the United States Back to Mexico
Secure Fence Act Authorizes Fencing along the US-Mexican Border
President Obama Signs Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) to Allow Some Undocumented Immigrants Who Came to the United States as Children to Stay in the Country
