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Franciscan Friar Marcos de Niza enters Arizona in search of a city of gold. Followed by Francisco Vasquez de Coronado and claims Arizona as part of New Spain.
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First Spanish colonial garrison in the Arizona area.
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Establishment of United States Constitution, giving rights to some United States citizens.
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Mexico gains control of Arizona and trappers and traders start to immigrate to the area.
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The end of the Mexican American war. Everyone in the Arizona Territory becomes a resident of the United States of America.
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Offered 160 acres of free land to immigrants willing to settle land in the west bring a large number of people from Europe.
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The Transcontinental Railroad is completed allowing for easier transportation from the east to the west coast. The railroad was built largely with immigrants.
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Upwards of 16 millian immigrants to the United State would pass through Ellis island.
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The Naturalization Act of 1906 was an act of the United States Congress signed into law by Theodore Roosevelt that revised the law from 1870 and required immigrants to learn English in order to become naturalized citizens
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This Act barred all immigrants over the age of sixteen who were illiterate from gaining citizenship in an attempt to slow the immigration process.
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It is an agency in the Department of Homeland Security that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States. This is also an important event because it was the development of homeland security which has increased in numbers due to the high quantity of illegal passage to the U.S.
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Act requiring all immigrants over the age of 14 to declare themselves and their political beliefs and motives; registration and fingerprinting.
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required employers to attest to their employees' immigration status.
made it illegal to knowingly hire or recruit unauthorized immigrants.
legalized certain seasonal agricultural illegal immigrants.
legalized illegal immigrants who entered the United States before January 1, 1982 and had resided there continuously with the of a fine, back taxes due, and admission of guilt. About three million illegal immigrants were granted legal status. -
U.S. federal law requires all aliens over the age of 14 who remain in the United States for longer than 30 days to register with the U.S. government, and to have registration documents in their possession at all times; violation of this requirement is a federal misdemeanor crime. The Arizona Act additionally made it a state misdemeanor crime for an alien to be in Arizona without carrying the required documents, required that state law enforcement officers attempt to determine an indi
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Title VII "prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin".
