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Massachusetts
In May of 1637, the General Court of Massachusetts ordered that no town or person in the colony should receive or host any alien without permission from the authorities. -
Massachusetts Prohibits
"Colonial immigration laws set precedents that were followed in subsequent national legislation. Colonial Americans, who viewed strangers as legitimate objects of suspicion, cautiously allowed settlers but were wary of those of religious difference (i.e., Catholics/Jesuits) or those who might become public charges. This was caused by the influx of Germans and Quakers." -
Plantation Act
"In 1740 the British Parliament passed an act which came to be known as the Plantation Act --meaning the colonies--that sought to regularize the naturalization process. As such, it was also intended to encourage immigration to the American colonies." This served as a model for future US Naturalization Acts. -
First Alien Naturalization Act
"The original 1790 Naturalization Act provided the first rules to be followed by all of the United States in the granting of national citizenship. At that time and by that law naturalization was limited to aliens who were 'free white persons' and thus left out indentured servants, slaves, and most women, all of whom were considered dependents and thus incapable of casting an independent vote. It is from this structure of steps and requirements that U.S. naturalization evolved." -
Naturalization Act adds rules
"The act of January 29, 1795 (1 Stat. 414) increased the period of residence required for citizenship from 2 to 5 years. It also required applicants to declare publicly their intention to become citizens of the United States and to renounce any allegiance to a foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty 3 years before admission as citizens." -
Arizona becomes a State
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Illegal Immigrant Estimates
US Labor secretaries estimates that over 1,000,000 Mexicans are in the United States illegally. In 1900, only 100,000 were estimated to be in the US illegally. -
Nationality Act
"The enactment of the Nationality Act of 1940, which was approved and became law on October 14, 1940, represents the first attempt ever made since the founding of our Republic to codify and unify all the laws of the United States relating to the important subjects of nationality and naturalization." -
Immigration Reform and Control Act
This act granted legal status to qualifying immigrants to entered the US illegally before January 1, 1982. -
Prop 203
This is an anti-bilingual inititative that is against immigrants in Arizona. The law forbids teachers to speak in certain studesnt native language inside the classroom. -
Terrorist Attack
The terrorist attack prompts US Department of Defense to expand military support along the borders. -
Secure the Fence Act
The Secure the Fence Act provided fencing along the US/Mexican border. It was a very big thing in the state of Arizona. -
The DREAM Act
The DREAM Act made it possible for lmmigrants to become citizens if they came to the states when they were minors and lived in the US for more than five years. -
SB 1070
This Arizona Immigration Law prohibited harboring or employing illegal immigrants and created penalties for such acts. -
Prop 200 Revoked
Prop 200 from 2004 required voters to provide proof of citizenship when going to vote. The Supreme Court ruled against it in summer of 2013.
