Immigration in America -Hannah McNeill

By hannahmcneill
  • Establishment of Labor Appropriation Act

    Establishment of Labor Appropriation Act

    First establishment of border control.
  • Estimated over 1 Million Illegal Mexicans in US

    Estimated over 1 Million Illegal Mexicans in US

    This huge number made it real to Americans that many people were living in the US illegally and making it by the system. Highlighting it as something that needed to be brought to attention.
  • Alien Registration Act

    Alien Registration Act

    This act was the first notion that immigrants needed to have documentation.
  • Immigration and Nationality Act

    Immigration and Nationality Act

    Also known as Hart-Celler act. It replaced the quota on immigration from the 1920's with a system based on preference of talents and family in US.
  • Immigration and Reform Control Act

    Immigration and Reform Control Act

    This act provided amnesty to any illegal immigrant that has been in America befroe 1982. It also made it illegal to hire an illegal immigrant.
  • Immigration Act of 1990

    Immigration Act of 1990

    This act was an expansion on the act of 1965. It intended to make immigrants that would benfit the US attracted to the idea of immigrating.
  • The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act

    The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act

    This was an attempt to make it more difficult for illegal immigrants to enter the United States. As well as increasing punishment if being caught.
  • The USA Patriot Act

    The USA Patriot Act

    This was an act instated after the terroristic attacks of 9/11. The acronym PATRIOT stands for Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism.
  • "Minuteman project"

    "Minuteman project"

    Arizonan James Gichrist began this group which on this date began getting reruits who will patrol Mexican border. These recruits ended up helping arrest one 140 illegal immigrants.
  • The REAL ID Act

    The REAL ID Act

    This act is rewrote standards on identification in America. As well as limits on visas.
  • Secure Fence Act

    Secure Fence Act

    This act began the building of the border. It enacted 700 hundred miles to be built along the Mexican border.
  • Estimated 11.8 Million Illegal Immigrants in United States

    Estimated 11.8 Million Illegal Immigrants in United States

    59% of those immigrants being from Mexico. In 200o this number was only 8.5 million
  • Arizona Immigration Law

    Arizona Immigration Law

    This act defined illegal immigration as trespassing and allowed people of enforcement able to question a person if they look suspicious.
  • Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

    Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

    This act lets most children who were born of illegal immigrants in America be safe from deportation and allowed to be hired without a business being penalized.
  • Executive order on Immigration

    Executive order on Immigration

    Obama announced a plan to intensify border control, get "felons not families" out of the US, and require illegal immigrants to pass background checks and be required to pay taxes in order to stay without being deported. This act immensely lowered the amount of immigrants scared of deportation.