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The Articles of Confederation left citizenship and naturalization decisions of immigrants to the states.
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Naturalization Act of 1970 allowed President John Adams to deport immigrants deemed dangerous and increase residency length to 14 years under this act.
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Congress lowered the residency requirement for citizenship to 5 years instead of the previous 14.
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The states can take precautionary measures to protect against the immigration of beggars and criminals.
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Protects American labor from inexpensive labor of Chinese immigrants by taxing employers who hire Chinese workers.
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Charged a fee to people immigrating to the United States and made certain categories of immigrants ineligible for citizenship.
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Congress said "'persons suffering from a loathsome or a dangerous contagious disease,' those convicted of a 'misdemeanor involving moral turpitude,' and polygamists ineligible for immigration". Basically, undesireables were excluded from becoming citizens.
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Any American woman who marries a "foreign national" loses citizenship.
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Congress established Border Patrol to reduce smuggling and illegal immigration.
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Aliens over the age of 14 have to be fingerprinted and registered in the United States.
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Mexican laborers are brought to the U.S. to work on farms and railroads in a 22 year program.
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Immigration and naturalization exclusion based on race, sex, or nationality was prohibited. New immigration criteria was based on family times, refugee status, and skills.
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Established ways to bar alien terrorists from the U.S., to remove any who are here, and to expedite deportation of criminal aliens.
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Terrorists hijacked planes and crashed them into the twin towers, killing many.
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Allows police officers to ask the immigration status of an individual after a crime and allows officials to stop an individual if they have reasonable suspicion they are illegal.
