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The English Arrived to America
The US remained a nation made up of many countries. They came to America to avoid religious prosecution. -
Early English Immigration to New England, 1620-1642
Jamestown, in Virginia, was founded in 1607 and is generally regarded as the first permanent English settlement in North America. However, the 1620 establishment of Plymouth Bay Colony in Massachusetts by the religious immigrants known as the Pilgrims may be regarded as the beginning of large-scale migration from Europe to the territory that would eventually become the United States. -
The Alien Naturalization Act
This article of legislation allowed an individual to apply for citizenship if they were a free white person, being of good character, and living in the United States for two years. Upon receiving the courts approval they took an oath of allegiance which was recorded. The individual's citizenship was also extended to any children under the age of 21, regardless of their birthplace. If the applicant had never been a U.S. resident the application was disregarded. -
Naturalization Act of 1795 increased the residency requirement to five years residence and added a requirement
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This ended the Mexican-American War in favor of the United States. The war had begun almost two years earlier, in May 1846, over a territorial dispute involving Texas. The treaty added an additional 525,000 square miles to United States territory, including the including the land that makes up all or parts of present-day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. Mexico also gave up all claims to Texas and recognized the Rio Grande as America’s southern boundary. -
The Supreme Court states that Congress is the only one who can control immigration issues.
Massachusetts and New York passed laws taxing and otherwise impeding immigrants. -
The treaty of Burlingame is signed between the US and China.
China and the United States concluded the Burlingame-Seward Treaty in 1868 to expand upon the Treaty of Tianjin of 1858. The new treaty established some basic principles that aimed to ease immigration restrictions, and represented a Chinese effort to limit American interference in internal Chinese affairs. -
Slaves become naturalization due to the Naturalization Act of 1870.
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Immigrant movement: Statue of Liberty
he Statue of Liberty was a reassuring sign that they had arrived in the land of their dreams. -
Ellis Island closed.
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Refugee Act of 1980
The Refugee Act of 1980 created The Federal Refugee Resettlement Program to provide for the effective resettlement of refugees and to assist them to achieve economic self-sufficiency as quickly as possible after arrival in the United States. -
The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)
Passed in order to control and deter illegal immigration to the United States. Its major provisions stipulate legalization of undocumented aliens who had been continuously unlawfully present since 1982, legalization of certain agricultural workers, sanctions for employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers, and increased enforcement at U.S. borders. -
ARIZONA'S IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT LAWS
In April 2010, Arizona enacted two laws addressing immigration, SB 1070 and HB 2162. These laws added new state requirements, crimes and penalties related to enforcement of immigration laws and were to become effective on July 29, 2010. -
Illegal Workers: Court Upholds Faulting Hirers
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an Arizona law that imposes harsh penalties on businesses that hire illegal immigrants. -
Border security slips as illegal immigration rises significantly over past year
The number of illegal immigrants traveling as families, fleeing rough conditions in Central America and enticed by the promise of lax enforcement in the United States, reached a record high of 77,674.
