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During the 1700s, Africans were forcibly taken to America where they were to become slaves and imports. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/on-african-american-migrations/
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President John Adams is ablet o deport foreigners who deem to be dangerous. While residency requirments is heighten to 14 years to prevent immigrants becoming citizens. http://www.ushistory.org/us/19e.asp
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Irish immgrates embark to America due to famine in their own home country. http://www1.assumption.edu/ahc/Irish/overview.html
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An act that prevented Chinese immigration to California and prevention of helping and/or transporting Chinese immigrates unless they provided certificate signed by a consular official. http://library.uwb.edu/static/USimmigration/1862_anti_coolie_law.html
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Provided acre plots of western land to settlers who agreed to develop and live on it for 5 year or more years. Beneficial for immigrates coming from over populated countries such as Europe. http://immigrationtounitedstates.org/554-homestead-act-of-1862.html
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Prevented Chinese immigration to the U.S. for a period of 10 years. http://www.history.com/topics/chinese-exclusion-act
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20,000 refugees of the war and "political exiles" fleeing to the U.S. https://blogs.loc.gov/kluge/2015/03/the-history-of-mexican-immigration-to-the-u-s-in-the-early-20th-century/
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2 million Italians arrive to America https://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/italian3.html
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"Laws of indvidual states that limited land owership by noncitizens, particularly Asian immigrants." http://immigrationtounitedstates.org/334-alien-land-laws.html
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Congress establishes U.S. Border Patrol to combat smuggling and illegal immigration. http://www.cbp.gov/about/history/1924-border-patrol-established
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Granted the Philippines independence from the U.S. but stripped Filipinos U.S. citizenship while immigration restriction to the U.S. http://immigrationtous.net/299-tydings-mcduffie-act-united-states-1934.html
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Required registration and fingerprinting of all "aliens" in the U.S. who were 15 years or older. https://www.mckendree.edu/academics/scholars/issue13/puloka.htm
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A U.S. flight program that acted for ten years that brought 250,000 Cuban refugees from Cuba. http://www.famousdaily.com/history/cuban-airlift.html
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A passed Arizona anti-immigration law which lets police officers determine "immigration status of someone arrested or detained" due to reasonable suspicion. https://www.aclu.org/feature/arizonas-sb-1070
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Policy that follows as no one under the age of 16 with be initiated for deportation or who have at least lived within the U.S, for 5 years, and are in school, high school, or are military veterans in good standing. https://www.dhs.gov/deferred-action-childhood-arrivals
