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Large amounts of people from the UK and Ireland make their way to the United States
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German Immigrants along with a sprinkle of Scandinavians
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Almost 200,000 Chinese came to build the railroad.
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States.
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Italian, Russian, and Austria top immigration.
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Congress Overrides the President's veto requiring a test to become a citizen,
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low numbers but topped by Germany, Canada, and Mexico
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Congress limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota. The quota provided immigration visas to two percent of the total number of people of each nationality in the United States as of the 1890 national census.
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Allowed refugees from WWII to come to America, was tweaked in the 50s and 60s to allow those fleeing communism
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Mexican Immigration is at an all time high beating Italy's wave high
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After Civil rights activists urged for the repeal of origins act due to its nature, This act allowed for a boom from asia, Preference System allowed for families to come over and highly educated before everyone else.
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We allow those who are politically oppressed to come over
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Dems Wanted more pathways to citizenship while Rep wanted border security and enforcement,
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North American Free Trade Act lowered trade barriers between CAN, USA, and MEX
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This deterred immigration as it made undocumented immigrants
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High Tech Capitalism leads congress to bend its will
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ICE, FBI, DEA emerged, Immigration from middle eastern countries is limited heavily and many refugees from these countries are treated badly
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DAPA Failed but DACA didn't so it allowed children to stay if they only knew America.
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Border wall, travel bans and limits, Sanctuary cities crackdown- EO
Ice protocol(more enforcement) and Title 42 -
deter immigration and streamline deportation under the grounds of health and safety