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Congress decalred a preference to immigrants from europe. It passed a law that defined who could become a citizen if they werent born in the U.S It was only possible for someone who was "free and white"
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an act passed by congress that said no chinese laborer could enter the U.S for 10 years. The act was renewed several times and was in force till WWII
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The heaviest period of immagration ever in the U.S took place from 1880 to 1920. 25 million immagrants arrived mostly from europe.
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Congress sets up quotas favoring immagrants from northwestern Europe;
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introduced a quota system by country. Each countrys immmigrants were limited to 2% of foriegn born residents from that country they listed in the U.S census of 1890.
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abolishing the quota system based on national origin. New law driven by the two priorities of uniting families and giving priority to certain skills.
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Law passed by reagan which had the goal of slowing illegal immigration by punishing employers who knowingly hired illegal immigrants and he also wanted a way for long term, undocumented immigrants to become legal.
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law passed by congress that said no single country could acccount for more than 7% of the total number of immigrants.
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Another law passed by congress that increased border border patrol staff and stiffened penalties for creating false citizenship papers and smuggling undocumented workers.
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Bush committed himself to backing a bill to adress all immigration issues. Proposed to fill short term labor needs through a guest worker program and strenghten the border control.
