Immigration

By 15smithk

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    This act passed by Congress excluded Chinese workers from the United States. It was the first law to limit immigration based on race.

  • Ellis Island

    Ellis Island was established to screen and inspect immingrants entering Eastern United States.

  • Angel Island

    Angel Island is were immigrants were screened and inspected entering Western United States.

  • Immigration Act of 1917

    This act stated that anyone over 16 must be able to read their own language to enter the United States. (literacy test). This act also barred immigrants from Asia with the "Asiatic Barred Zone".

  • Border Patrol

    Border Patrol was created to prevent illegal immigrants from entering the country.

  • Repeal of Chinese Exclsuion Act

    Chinese people living in the United States became citizens and were no longer deported from the country.

  • Hart-Cellar Act

    Congress ended the National Origins Quota system. This meant more people from third world countries could now enter the United States.

  • Refugee Act of 1980

    This act allowed persecuted people to seek asylum in the United States. They would be on withheld on deportation.

  • Illegal Immigration Reform

    Congress passed this act to allow more measures to be taken on illegal immingrants from Latin America. More border patrol was hired, fences put up, and penatlites increased for helping illegal immigrants.

  • Secure Fence Act

    This act was to secure the borders and prevent illegal entry of drugs and immigrants. As a result security was increased, more checkpoints authorized, and the use of cameras and satellites allowed at borders.