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This act gave citizenship to all white people living in America for at least two years, but denied citizenship to all colored people including African American slaves and Native Americans.
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The Treaty of Guadalupe HidalgoExtended citizenship to all 80,000 Mexicans living in Texas, California, and all of the Southwest at the end of the Mexican-American War.
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Gold is found in California and it sparks a rush of immigrants from China.
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Offers free land to western settlers if they agree to devlop it for at least 5 years, which increases immigration to the west.
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1881-1885 was the peak of German immigration
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Companies are no longer allowed to bring foreigners into the United States under a contract to preform labor.
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16 million immigrants will be processed at this location.
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Restricts immigration from Asia by creating an "Asiatic Barred Zone."
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This act required that no more of 3% of a countries population can be living in America.
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Border Patrol was created to reduce smuggling and illegal immigration. Border Patrol is still in effect today.
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Required all aliens over the age of 14 to be fingerprinted and registered
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Arizona starts to require proof of citizenship in order to get a drivers license
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Arizona passes a law requiring that schools stop bilingual education and start using English Immersion with English language learners
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In Arizona, Joe Arpaio moves illegal immigrants to a segragated part of tent city.
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SB 1070 passes in Arizona and allows the police to ask for citizenship proof when they have "reasonable suspicion" that a person is an illigal immigrant
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SB 1070 is scheduled to go into effect on July 29, 2010
