Immigration

By dtruong-20

  • British Exploration of the Americas

  • Irish Mass Immigration

  • Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia

    Without any legislation at the time

  • Started counting newcomers by ship

  • The Know Nothing Party

    Anti-Immigration Activist Group, especially against Irish immigration.

  • Chinese Immigration

    Generally came and worked as laborers

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

  • National Origins Act

  • Mexican Immigration

  • Immigration & Nationality Act

  • Refugee Act

  • Immigrations from Central America

  • Bush Administration: Increased Border Security

  • Bush Administration: Failed Classic Compromise

    Tried to created compromise to give Republicans stricter border security and democrats more pathways to citizenship, but failed in the end.

  • Obama Administration: Failed DREAM Act

  • Obama Administration: DAPA & DACA

    Both were executive actions by President Obama and arose from the failed passing of the DREAM Act.
    They address illegal child immigration and illegal parent immigration problems by giving them temporary Visas.

  • Obama Administration: Refugee Crisis

    Number of refugees to the US increased to 110,000

  • Trump Administration: Limiting Immigration

    • Refugee numbers were decreased to 30,000.
    • Plans to fund a border wall between the US and Mexico.
    • Increasing power of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement).
    • Tried cutting number of legal immigrants down by half but failed.