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Congress responed to the influx of asians with the chinese exclusion act of 1882 which stopped entry of chinese immigrants into the united states for ten years.
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More restrictive acts were passed in 1888 and 1891. They allowed the national government not only to exclude certain individuals convicts and prostitutes and insane persons.
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This act limited the annual number of immigrants from each nationality to 3 percent of the number of foriegn -born persons of that nationality who were living in the united states in 1910.
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they established a new quota system for each nationality and set a limit on the total number of immigrants to be allowed entry at all (150,000 per year).
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the 1965 law had eliminated quotas based on national origin. as many as 270,000 immigrants could be admitted each year without regard to nationality, country of origin or race.
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imposed severe penalties on employers who willfully hired illegal aliens.
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illegal aliens who could prove that they had been in this country continuously for at least five years could apply to obtain temporary legal residency status.
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the act raised legal immigration levels by about 40 percent to 700,000 per year. it stessed family reunification, provided legal status for certain illegal immigrants and struck down barriers blocking people with certain political beliefs from entry.
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Anti-immigration sentiments were clearly evident in California in 1994. in that year proposition 187 was put on the ballot.
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the act put into effect a number of provison to stem illegal immigration.
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prohibited immigrants including legal immigrants who are not yet citizens from recieving most forms of public assistance including welfare benefits.
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Congress revised its policy in 1997
