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The Naturalization Act of 1978 allowed the president to deport foriegners with certain regulations and also raised the law and restrictions of becoming a citizen.
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Slave importation was officially banned, but was not looked over properly. 50,000 African American slaves became the firt known illigal immigrants in the United States.
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A huge rush of Irish Immigrants appeared in the Untied States after the potato famine.
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Many people immigrated from around the world to discover the gold that was being found in California.
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The U.S gains Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, California, and Parts of Utah and Nevada from Mexico. The U.S gain 80,000 new citizen from Mexico.
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U.S. appointed a commisioner of immigration to serve under secretary of state.
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Chinese immigrants were rising due to the gold rush. An era was created after that excluded chinese from immigrateing to the U.S. Also law and numerical values were becoming stricter.
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Twelve million immigrants entered the United States in Ellis Island in New York.
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The 14th Ammendment gives all people born in the U.S citizenship.
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Disigned to proccess chinese immigrants whose enty was restriccted by the Chinese Exclution Law of 1882
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President Lyndon Johnson declared the Ellis Island closed and now part of the Statue of Liberty Monument.
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The proposition denied health care, education and welfare benefits to illegal immigrants but was later declared unconstitution.
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Voters indorsed a bill banning bilingual education in schools
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Volunteers from all over helped in Coshie County to search for undocumented immigrants.
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Nick Erfle, a Pheonix Police officer was shot by a illigal immigrant and killed.
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The revised version of SB 1070 was approved and sent to Jan Brewer. Protest continued for days.
