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Fifty--six mean, including eight who are foreign born, eventualy sign it.
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Establishes a uniform rule of naturalization and a two year residency requirement for aliens who are free white persons of good moral character
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Section 1 required applicants for citizenship to have declared intention to becoming a citizen five years prior to applicatoin, and lived in the United States 14 years when the application was admitted. This act was to be implemented on all new aliens providing they were no longer subjects of any nation the U.S. was at war with at the time of application.
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An act to encourage immigration. Established the position of Commissioner of Immigration, reporting to the Secratary of State; validated labor contracts made by immigrants before arrival; exempted immigrants from compulsory military service; established the office of Superintendent of Immigration for New York City
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Congress passed a new immigration Act that stated 50 cents tax would be levied on all aliens landing at United States ports.
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Revised version of the 1882 Immigration Act
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passed on june 29 but took effect september 27. standardizes naturalization procedures, makes some knowledge of the English language a requirement for citizenship, and establishes the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization in the Commerce Department to oversee national immigration policy.
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The 1917 Immigration Act, also known as the Asiatic Barred Zone Act, was a law passed by Congress on February 5, 1917 that restricted the immigration of 'undesirables' from other countries, including "idiots, imbeciles, epileptics, alcoholics, poor, criminals, beggars, any person suffering attacks of insanity, those with tuberculosis, and those who have any form of dangerous contagious disease, aliens who have a physical disability that will restrict them from earning a living in the United Stat
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Restricts immigration from a given country to three percent of the number of people from that country living in the US in 1910
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Requires the registration and fingerprinting of all aliens in the United States over the age of 14
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Ends the quots system
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An act to enable the United States to render assistance to, or in behalf of, certain immigrants and refugees
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An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise and reform the immigration laws, and for other purposes
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An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to change the level, and preference system for admission, of immigrants to the United States, and to provide for administrative naturalization, and for other purposes
