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Alien & Sedation Act
Naturalization act, required residents from 14 years instead of 5 years before they happen to be eligible for U.S. citizenship. The Alien Act (June 25) gave the president the authority to deport aliens that were a threat to the peacetime. Alien Enemies Act (July 6), supported any enemy power alien to be arrested or deported. The Sedition Act (July 14) declared subversive activity could be liable to be punished by by fine and imprisonment. -
13th Ammendment Passed
African Americans Gained Citizenship in thirteenth ammendment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first law that restricted immigration. The act halted immigration for ten years in addition to denying Chinese the opportunity to become citizens. http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=47 -
Ellis Island
The Ellis Island immigration station was the largest station for inspection. Between 1892 and 1954 more than twelve million immigrants used Ellis Island as their entry way. http://www.ellisisland.org/genealogy/ellis_island_history.asp -
Angel Island Immigration Station
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 rejected Chinese presence in the U.S. Angel Island served as a detention center to control the amount of Chinese entering the country. (date unknown but year 1905) -
Emergency Quota Act
Also known as Emergency Immigration Act of 1921, Immigration Restriction Act,Per Centum Law , and Johnson Quota Act . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Quota_Act -
Immigration and Nationality Act
Also known as McCarran-Walter Act enacted June 27th. The act resticted the amount of immigration in the U.S. -
Immigration Reform and Control Act
The act required that employers pust provide documentation of each employee, made it illegal to hire or recruit undocument peoples, allowed certain season agricultural immigrants and those who entered the U.S. before January 1, 1982 and has since resided in the U.S. -
Immigration Act
The Immigration Act was to limit the amount of unskillled workers in the U.S. http://library.uwb.edu/guides/usimmigration/1990_immigration_and_nationality_act.html -
USA Patriot Act
The act was to ammend the immigration and nationality acts to scope deportation on immigrants and the denial of those who are ineligable. The act was a cause of terrorist attacks. -
Secure Fence Act
The Secure Fence Act calls for hundreds of miles of double fencing along the Mexican-American border. Also, technology and personells are to protect the border from unlawful acts and immigrant passings. -
Homeland Security
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security estimated that there are 11.8 Million unauthorized immigrants in U.S. and 59% are from Mexico. -
Unotherized Immigrants
The inflow of unauthorized immigrants in 2007-2009 decreased by 2/3 from 2000-2005. -
Illegal Workers
The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the law that penalizes businesses that hire undocumented workers. -
Illegal Immigrants Who Have Resided Since Childhood Stay
President Obama gives permission to illegal immigrants who have resided in the U.S. since they were children to stay.
