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US immigration
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Naturalization act of 1790
This act allowed for immigrants to become naturalized citizens after 2 years of living in the United States -
Alien Friends Act
Gave the president more power so he could take all the "dangerous" aliens ou the country -
Alien Enemies Act
Gave the president the right to deport immigrants if they were in war with the country they were from -
Page Act of 1875
the first law that prohibites immiration in the US because the immigrants were considered undisirable -
Chinese Exclusion Act
It restricted the immigration of Chinese workers for 10 years -
Immigration Act
The first comprehensice immigration laws in the United States it directed to deport illegal immigrants -
Geary Act
Extended the Chinese exclusion act -
Unites States V. Wong Kim Ark
A child that is born in the United States with chinese decent were subject of the Emperor of China but were still legal in the US -
Emergency Quota Act
Limited the number of immigrants that came in the country -
Immigration and Nationality Act
set a quota for labor skilled workers -
INA Amendments
repealed that national origin quotas -
Immigration reform and control act
provided amnesty to the people that were already working in the US -
Immigration Act
increased illegal immigration ceilings -
Enhanced border security and Visa entry reform act
it provided border control agents and required schools to report foreign students -
Real ID Act
required the use of Ids meeting certain security standards -
SB 1070
The police could stop anyone who looked like they are immigrants
