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federal legislation aimed at restricting immigration was the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which banned Chinese laborers from coming to America.
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A tax of 50 cents on all immigrants landing at US ports was enacted in 1882.
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President Benjamin Harrison designated Ellis Island, located in New York Harbor near the Statue of Liberty, as a federal immigration station.
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Congress passed the Labor Appropriation Act of 1924, officially establishing the U.S. Border Patrol for the purpose of securing the borders between inspection stations.
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Ellis island is officially closed and is apart of the statue of librerty monument.
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In 1965, Congress passed the Immigration and Nationality Act, which did away with quotas based on nationality and allowed Americans to sponsor relatives from their countries of origin.
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Immigration Act of 1990 Increases Limit on Legal Immigration and Revises Grounds for Exclusion and Deportation
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Minuteman Project begins recruiting civilians to patrol the US-Mexico Border
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The Secure Fence Act was signed into law on October 26, 2006. The Act authorizes the construction of hundreds of miles of double-layered fencing along the nation's Southern border.
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Expanded the State's Authority to Combat Illegal Immigration
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Judge Blocks Key Parts of Arizona's Anti-Illegal Immigration Law
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US Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Law Penalizing Businesses That Hire Undocumented Immigrants
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President Obama Signs Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) to Allow Some Undocumented Immigrants Who Came to the United States as Children to Stay in the Country
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US Supreme Court Upholds Centerpiece of 2010 Arizona Immigration Law, Rejects Other Provisions
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President Obama Announced Executive Action to Prevent Deportation of Millions of Immigrants in the United States Illegally
