Immigration evemts from U.S

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  • Alien Act of 1798

    Alien Act of 1798

    United States signed this act under the pressure of France. This act put immigrants security in risk, which caused less people would come to United States.
  • Steerage Act

    Steerage Act

    After this act, more immigrants came to U.S, and most of them came from Ireland.
  • California Gold Rush

    California Gold Rush

    Gold Rush attract tens of thousands people from China, Europe and Latin America. More and more immigrants were coming, so a small town became a big city, and then came out a state named California.
  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    A peace treaty between United States and Mexico that ended Mexican-American War. This treaty also made many mexicans emigrated to United States.
  • Homestead Act

    Homestead Act

    U.S. government gave 160 arcs of surveyed government land to immigrants who would live there for 5 years.
  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Chinese Exclusion Act

    Chinese labors were banned to emigrate to United States for ten years.
  • Ellis Island

    Ellis Island

    An immigrants station, which built of wood. Most immigrants moved to this island were Irish, German, and Russian.
  • Immigration Act of 1917

    Immigration Act of 1917

    An act that restricked those undesirable immigrants from living in United State.
  • War Brides Act

    War Brides Act

    An act that allows non-Asian spouses, natural children, and adopted children of United States military personnel to enter and live in United States after WW II.

  • Displaced Persons Act of 1948

    This act gave an opportunity for some people who couldn't go back their countries to stay in United States with their families.
  • Cuban Revolution

    Cuban Revolution

    After Cuban leader, Fidel Castro, forced some cuban to exile, many families in Cuba chose to emigrate to United State.
  • The Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965

    The Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965

    This act gave requirements to those immigrants. Immigrants with skills, or had family relationships with citizens or residents of U.S. would allow to live in United States.

  • United States v. Brignoni-Ponce

    A mexican stopped his vehical near the border, and American officer wanted to search his car because they thought they would cross the border illegally. This case made government payed attention on event like this.
  • Amerasian Homecoming Act of 1987

    Amerasian Homecoming Act of 1987

    To ease for those Amerasian children, who born during Vietnam War, to immigrate to U.S., mostly offspring of American fathers and Vietnamese mothers.
  • SB 1070

    SB 1070

    This law requires all aliens above the age of 14 who have stayed in United States for more than 30 days should register with the U.S. government.