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Over a milion people immigrated to the U.S. from Ireland due to mass starvation and disease.
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President Lincoln outlaws the shipments of Chinese subjects (called coolies) that are to be used in slavery.
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The Homestead act of 1862 encouraged people to migrate west. This caused conflict with Mexico and Native Americans.
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The Chinese Exclusion Act halted Chinese immigration for ten years and declared people of Chinese decent ineligible for citizenship.
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The Immigration Act of 1882 put a 50 cent tax on immigrants entering the country.
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Ellis Island opens as an immigration checkpoint in New York Bay.
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Anarchist Exclusion Act added three more classes to immigration that were denied entry into the U.S.
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Angel Island is an immigration station located in San Francisco Bay, California.
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The Immigration act of 1924 limited the amount of people who could immigrate to the U.S. to two percent of that race's population.
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The Alien Registration Act required all non-citizen adults in the U.S. to register with the government.
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The Hart-Celler Immigration and Nationality Act established a new policy that was focused on reuniting immigrant families.
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The Refugee Act of 1980 made a more uniform process of the resettlement of refugees.
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The Immigration act of 1990 increased the amount immigrants allowed in the U.S. to 700,00.
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The Illegal Immigrant Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act increased the time required for immigrants to be out of the U.S. after being in the country illegally.
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9/11 changed the immigration policies of the U.S. This includes an increase in spending on deportations and agencies like ICE.
