GCU History Timeline

Irish Immigration to the US Begins, as well as Anti-Irish Sentiments

Nov 28, 1816

http://www.ushistory.org/us/25f.asp

The US Acquires Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Parts of Utah and Nevada as a Result of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo with Mexico

Feb 2, 1848

https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/guadalupe-hidalgo

Irish and Chinese Immigrants Hired for the Construction of the Trans-Continental Railroad

Period: Nov 28, 1863 to Nov 29, 1869

http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-america/transcontinental-railroad

Henderson v. Mayor of New York Declares State Control Over Immigration Laws Unconstitutional; puts Control of Immigration Legislation in Federal Control

Nov 28, 1875

http://immigrationtounitedstates.org/546-henderson-v-mayor-of-the-city-of-new-york.html

Chinese Exclusion Act Prohibits the Mentally ill, Poor, or Criminals from Entering the Country

Nov 28, 1882

http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/immigration/exclusion.html

Ellis Island Opens as an Immigration Checkpoint

Jan 2, 1892

http://www.history.com/topics/ellis-island

All US-Born are Citizens, According to 14th Amendment

Mar 28, 1898

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxiv

Mexican Revolution Increases Immigration to United States

Nov 28, 1910

http://www.historytoday.com/alan-knight/mexican-revolution

Congress Authorizes Police Presence on US-Mexico Border

Period: Nov 28, 1915 to Nov 29, 1916

https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/along-us-borders/history

Labor Appropriation Act Establishes US Border Patrol

May 28, 1924

https://www.cbp.gov/about/history/1924-border-patrol-established

Repatriation Act Forces Mexican Immigrants Back to Mexico

Period: Nov 28, 1929 to Nov 29, 1936

https://www.creditwritedowns.com/2010/06/mexican-repatriation-the-great-depression-and-immigration-policy.html

Tens of Thousands of Japanese Ordered to be Sent to Internment Camps

Feb 19, 1942

http://www.ushistory.org/us/51e.asp

Census Shows an Estimated 2 Million Illegal Immigrants from Mexico Living in the United States

Nov 28, 1980

https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/overview/1980.html

Terrorist Attacks Spark Increased Military Presence Along Borders

Sep 11, 2001

http://immigration.procon.org/sourcefiles/BorderSecurityandMilitarySupportLegalAuthorizationsandRestrictions.pdf

SB1070 Signed, Allowing States More Freedom to Combat Illegal Immigration

Apr 23, 2010

https://www.aclu.org/feature/arizonas-sb-1070

President Obama Takes Executive Action to Prevent Some Illegal Immigrants from Deportation

Nov 20, 2014

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-obama-idUSKCN0J420W20141121