History of Immigration in the U.S. and Arizona By kristam20 Period: Apr 12, 1854 to Mar 27, 2013 History of Immigration Jul 29, 1854 The Know-Nothings, want to make restrictions higher on immigration. http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/15/130615-004-957C4B10.jpg Apr 12, 1861 American Civil War http://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/american-civil-war.jpg Apr 12, 1862 1821-1840 Over 742, 564 immigrants arrive to the United States. http://hpronline.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/immigration-laverrue.jpg May 20, 1862 Homestead Act: "discourages Chinese immigration to California" http://www.massrealestatelawblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/homestead-stamp.JPG May 6, 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act: "restricts all Chinese immigrants to the United States" http://www.criticalcommons.org/Members/bem0318/clips/chinese-exclusion-act/thumbnailImage Feb 26, 1885 Alien Contract Labor Law, companies cannot hire any foreigners to work for them. http://cdn.dipity.com/uploads/events/961388e1dcbeb89ad236877fb7192e71_1M.png Jan 2, 1892 Ellis Island Opens https://lh4.ggpht.com/qaUtI2Kfxf0AfNFiUVs-4t5KTbWowxtSr8KZtPARlpnOLJJEs6JPvWJzrMrYQih62l0Teg=s151 Feb 5, 1917 Immigration Act of 1917, Asian immigrants are restricted http://ushistory-b-block.wikispaces.com/file/view/Coolidge_Signs_1924_Immigration_Act.jpeg/173615603/Coolidge_Signs_1924_Immigration_Act.jpeg May 28, 1924 Border Patrol was created http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/100526-border-patrol-walk-hmed-6a.jpg Jan 1, 1942 Bracero Program allowed farms in 28 states to hire Mexican braceros to help during the harvest. Arizona, California and Texas were just a few of the states that took part in this program. https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS_MYXD72SciXRJX9r8kpuL91fPzF7VwfJNbrzBbVVOkiQIWGwZ9w Nov 1, 1954 Ellis Island Closes. http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/new-york/images/s/new-york-ellis-island.jpg Jan 1, 1964 Bracero Program comes to an end. http://www.farmworkers.org/bracero/braceric.GIF Nov 6, 1986 Immigration and Reform Control Act (IRCA): this act allowed illegal immigrants amnesty. http://wa-associates.com/images/ircat.gif Sep 30, 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, was established to make border patrol better than what it already was. http://obrag.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/immigration-reform.jpg Oct 6, 2006 Secure Fence Act: President Bush signed this act to help secure our U.S. borders from illegal immigration. http://www.surveyusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/fence.jpg Apr 23, 2010 Governore Jan Brewer signed SB 1070. Local Police Officers have the right to ask about immigration status upon stop if there is a suspision of illegal immigration. http://blog.latinovations.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sb1070.gif Mar 4, 2013 Obama has made a rule to were children stay in the U.S. but pareants can get deported; the children will be seperated from their parents. http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/4f63c52feab8ea2c6600007e-300/illegal-immigrants-children-deport-parents.jpg
