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Settlement on James River
This was the starting point of immigration to the U.S. -
Importing Slaves
The importation of African slaves is another example of the start of immigration to the U.S. Although this was from force. -
"Lame, Impotent or Infirm Persons"
Massachusetts prohibits people of different views from entering such as religion or ways of life. They are viewed as suspicious people. -
England stops Emigration to Colonies
Heavy financial burdens were enforced for whoever broke this law. -
Congress reduces citizenship to five years
The newly developed U.S. government made a general consensus that it would now only take five years to gain citizenship -
Treaty of Guadalupe- Hildalgo
U.S gains Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, California and parts of Utah and Nevada. -
Supreme court confirms people born in U.S are Citizens
The 14th amendment confirms that any person born in the U.S. no matter what background is a citizen. -
Mexican Revolution
This protest led to thousands of Mexicans crossing the U.S. border due to unfair work policies driving them into a crazy amount of debt. -
"Mounted Inspectors"
Between 1915-1916 the US congress appointed these on the US-Mexican border. -
Indian Citizenship Act
Even though they were here before us, Native Americans were not considered citizens until this date. -
Repatriation Act
The Mexican Repatriation Act between 1929 and 1936 forced immigrants in the U.S. back to Mexico. -
Bracero Program
This brought over 5,000,000 temporary Mexican laborers to work in US farmlands and railroads. -
Bracero Program Ends
Even though this program was coming to an end Mexican immigrants were still coming over without papers or documentation. -
Census of Illegal immigrants
In 1980 the census for illegal immigrants was about 2 to 4 million with over half being Mexican. -
Minutemen Project
This project was placed to find volunteers to patrol the US Mexico Border.
