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14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment allows all people born in the United States and it's territories to be considered citizens. This includes people whose parents are citizens of other countries. -
Ellis Island opens as an immigration checkpoint
The Statue of Liberty is considered and important part of American culture and is a symbol to many of immigration into this country. Ellis Island was a major stopping place for many immigrants before they entered the United States. -
Immigration Act of 1917
Denies entry to immigrants from much of eastern Asia and the Pacific Islands. It also sets a literacy requirement for immigrants over 16 and a head tax for entry into the country; it bars entry by 'idiots,' 'feeble-minded persons,' 'epileptics,' 'insane persons,' alcoholics, 'professional beggars,' all persons 'mentally or physically defective,' polygamists, and anarchists. -
US Border Patrol Established
Congress passed the Labor Appropriation Act of 1924 and officially established the border patrol. The purpose was to secure the border in the places between service stations. -
Executive Order 9066
During the WWII hysteria, President Roosevelt signed the order to move thousands of Japanese people into internment camps regardless of being a citizen or not. -
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
This act granted legal status to qualifying immigrants who came into the country illegally prior to Jan. 1st, 1982. It also made it illegal for businesses to knowingly hire an illegal immigrant. -
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act
Spurred by recent events in places such as the World Trade Center and Oklahoma City, President Bill Clinton which takes away the right of habeas corpus from people in this country illegally in an attempt to deter terrorism. -
Planes crash into World Trade Center
On this day, 19 men hijacked 4 different airplanes and crash them into various sights. This prompted an increase of protection at the borders. -
Minuteman
A group calling themselves the "minuteman project" forms in Arizona as a civilian watchdog at the border between the US and Mexico. They are unpaid and not approved by the government. This group is watched by the ACLU to ensure that they are not taking the law into their own hands. -
REAL ID Act
This act modifies the eligibility criteria for asylum and withholding of removal, limits judicial review of certain immigration decisions, and expands the scope of terror-related activity making an alien inadmissible or deportable, as well as ineligible for certain forms of relief from removal -
Border Fence Approved
On this day, the Secure Fence Act was signed into law. The law allowed for hundreds of miles of fence to be built along the border. -
SB 1070
Govenor Jan Brewer signed the most restrictive law reagrding illegal immigration in the country. This law made it a state crime to be in the country illegally and required legal immigrants to carry paperwork proving their status. -
Supreme Court Upholds Part of SB 1070
The Supreme Court upheld sanctions put on businesses who knowingly hire illegal immigrants. They determined that federal immigration law does not keep Arizona from suspending or revoking the lisence of a business. -
President Obama signs DACA
The Deferred Action for Chilhood Arrivals allowed for many young people who came into the country illegally as children to remain in the country and work or get an education without fear of deportation. -
The VAWA to include immigrants
The Violence Against Women Act] provides a temporary visa and creates a pathway to legalization for undocumented immigrants who are the victims of domestic abuse. It is believed that immigrants who are subject to domestic violence don’t report it for fear of being deported or are abused though the threat of deportation.
