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1790
Passed a law defining who could become a citizen if a person was born here: Citizenship was possible only for someone who was "a free white person." -
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1880 and 1920
25 million immigrants arrived. Most came from the countries Southern and Eastern Europe. These parts of the world that were unfamiliar to many Americans. This was on the heaviest periods of immagration in American history. -
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
This said no Chinese laborer could enter the U.s. for 10 years. The Chinese were still allowed to immigrate. -
Quota Act of 1921
Congress set up a quota favoring immigrants from Europe. It expands the quota system immigration from any country is limited to 2 percent of its total numbers in the 1890 census -
Immagration Act of 1924
Each country immigrants were limited to 2 percent of foreign born residents from that country listed in teh U.S. Census of 1890 -
Immigration Reform Act of 1965
This abolished the quota system based on national origin When he signed the reform bill President Johnson referred to the old system as un-American -
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
This abolished the quota system based on national origin. When he signed the reform bill, President Lyndon B. Johnson referred to the old system as "un-American." -
Immigration Act of 1990
This said that no country could account for more than 7% of total immigrants The law als considered a person's education and skills. -
Immigration Reform Act of 1996
This increased the patrol staff and stiffened penalties for creating false citizenship papers or smuggling undocumented workers. -
2007
President George W. Bush committed himself to backing a bill to address all immigration issues. This bill proposed to fill short-term labor needs through a guest worker program and strenghtened border control. It didn't propose to track down and deport millions of undocumented workers who were already here. -
2007
bushs bill proposed to fill short term labor need through a guest worker program and strangthened border control and could apply for citizenshio what the administration called the path to citizenship
