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Allowed for the removal of foreigners who could be considered a threat to the United States; expanded the requirement for residence to be considered naturalized from 5 to 14 years.
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Andrew Jackson forced the Native Americans who would not voluntarily leave out of their land, which led to the Trail of Tears and American Reservations.
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Outlawed Chinese immigration for Chinese laborers for 10 years. This greatly dropped the number of Chinese immigrants and did not allow those who had left to return. It was lifted in 1943.
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Did not allow the immigration of many groups such as criminals, paupers, and the insane. It forced immigrants to prove that they would not become a public problem. Those who were not able to support themselves, such as children, had to have a statement from others that displayed their support to be allowed to immigrate.
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Did not allow the immigration of those under a contract overseas. This list later expanded to include more previsions.
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Agreement between Teddy Roosevelt and Japan which refused to grant passports to those who sought working in labor in the US. In return, Californians were forced to remove their ordinances which segregated Japanese students.
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Required a literacy test for those entering the US and restricted immigration from certain areas, namely the Asian-Pacific. Passed over Wilson's veto.
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Raids during the First Red Scare in which the US Department of Justice under Wilson arrested those who were suspected of being Communist or Leftist. This raid mainly affected Italian and Eastern European Immigrants
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The Emergency Quota Act allowed 3% of the size of each nationality living in the US. Largely limited immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe.
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Permanent quota system, reduced immigration limit from 3% to 2% of each nationality living in the US. Also lowered the quota from 358,000 people to 164,000 people.
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Basically cut immigration in half through limiting the immigration total to 152,000 people per year.
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Allowed for around 400,000 people to seek refuge in the United States after the implications of World War II globally.
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National fear over communism grew, and as such suspected communists were largely restricted from immigrating, along with homosexuals and those with diseases.
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Homosexuality was claimed to be a disease. This invalidated gay Americans, especially coming from an organization which is supposed to rely on scientific fact.
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Rescued 214,000 people who fled Communist countries and sought refuge in the United States.
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Dwight Eisenhower restricts the LGBTQ+ community from participating in the federal government.
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Initiative which forcibly removed Mexican immigrants from America to bring them back to Mexico. Resulted in tens of thousands of deportations.
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Established by Kennedy, allowed for thousands of Cuban refugees to find a safe haven in the United States after the infiltration of China in Cuba (communist).
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4 ranks of preference: A. persons whose special skills should be 'especially advantageous to the US', B. unmarried children over 21 of US citizens, C. spouses and unmarried children of aliens living permanently, D. other relatives of persons living in the US & workers with 'lesser skills' who could fill special labor needs, an immigrant without relatives in the US still had to prove that he would take a job that in no way took jobs away from US workers; set more quotas
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Immigrants who came by boat to the United States from Vietnam following the Vietnam War due to the large crisis which was impending.
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Increased the number of refugees who were allowed to immigrate, set the definition of refugees as people who are "unwilling to return because of fear of persecution", allowed the President to admit refugees during an emergency situation.
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Restricted employers from hiring illegal immigrants, made discrimination against legal immigrants illegal. This act additionally provided amnesty for those who immigrated (illegally) prior to 1982 and had worked. Allowed these people to become citizens and created a program which helped these benefiting from the amnesty.
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Increased the number of immigrants allotted. Largely deleted restrictions which had been imposed in the 1950's that restricted Communists, homosexuals, etc. form immigrating.
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Led to increased discrimination towards Muslims.
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The ruling made gay marriage legal federally, as prior it had been a state-to-state issue.