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Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves
With this act, slaves were no longer permitted to be imported into the U.S. -
1854 Elections
The Knownothing party supported the idea of restricting immigration. In the congress elections of 1854, many people from that party were elected. -
Anti-Coolie Act
Chinese railroad workers were now limited to immigrate with this act. -
Homestead Act
This act provided lands for the poor and immigrants. These places of residence were very cheap and/or free. This act eventually brought many immigrants to the United States. -
Immigration Act of 1882
The act that made immigrants pay fifty cents for every person that entered the country. Many groups were denied entrance and crazy people weren't allowed in the country either. -
Anarchist Exclusion Act
This act allowed immigrants to be excluded depending on their political stature. -
Immigration Act of 1917
This act made it necessary for people to take a literacy test and pass it in order to be allowed to immigrate into the United States. -
Jones-Shafroth Act
This act stated that those residents of Puerto Rico who wanted to become U.S. citizens, had to join the military. -
Emergency Quota Act
The Emergency Quota Act limited immigraion to 3% of what it was in 1920. This image perfectly portrays how immigration was basically controlled under this act. -
Alien Registration Act
This act is recognized as the green card legislation. -
Bracero Program
With this program, the U.S. imported thousands of Mexican laborers to work as agricultural laborers here in the U.S. -
McCarran-Walter Act
This act gave the priority to immigrants with family members already living in America or to those who had a special career in America, such as being in the medical field. -
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act
What this did was make the border enforcement stronger than it was before. Also, benefits weren't going to be given to those who weren't citizens. -
Mexican border is reinforced
President Bush allows 6,000 National Guard members to assist the Border Patrol working near the Mexico border. -
Arizona Immigration Law
This law gives the responsibility to the Arizona police to enforce this law that considers being an illegal alien, a crime.
