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Naturalization Act 1790
Naturalization Laws1790 Naturalization Act (An act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization) Sess. II, Chap. 3; 1 stat 103. 1st Congress; March 26, 1790. This act allowed free white citizens to apply for citizenship. They had to be of "good character" and had to have lived in the United States for at least two years before applying. -
2 Stat. 153-
On April 14, 1802, Congress passed an act (2 Stat. 153) tThis act required all immigrants to be recorded by the court including; the applicant's name, birthplace, age, nation of allegiance, country of emigration, and place of intended settlement, and granted each applicant a certificate that could be exhibited to the court as evidence of time of arrival in the United States. -
First Major Immigration Law
This law was the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882). This act was in response to the growing fear that the unemployment and declining wages was because of the to Chinese workers in the U.S. -
The Mexican Revolution
More than 890,000 legal Mexican immigrants came to the United States for refuge between 1910 and 1920. The Revolution had created a state of turmoil to the south, and Mexicans sought the peace of the north. The railroads hired a bulk of the Mexicans for construction and maintenance. -
Border Patrol
May 28th 1924 Congress passed the Labor Appropriation Act that established the U.S. Border Patrol with a total of 450 workers. -
Executive Order 8802
President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802 in 1941. This Order forbids discrimination in employment oppurtunities. -
Displaced Persons (DP) Act of 1948
Displaced Persons (DP) Act of 1948 allowed people that had been displaced from World War II to come into the States outside of the qouta. This and the several additions to this act allowed 600,000 immigrants into the U.S. outside of the immigration quota. -
Nationality Act
This Act decided that all races were eligible to become citizens of the United States. It also established a preference for skilled workers and allowed the relatives of U.S> citizens and permanent resident aliens to become legal citizens. This Act also called for tighter security and more screening procedures at our borders. -
Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)
This Act made it ilegal to hire undocumented immigrants. It also legalized illegal immigrants who entered the United States before January 1, 1982 and had resided there continuously with the penalty of a fine, back taxes due, and admission of guilt. About three million illegal immigrants were granted legal status. -
North American Free Trade Agreement
The goal of the NAFTA was to dissolve the barriers in trade and investment between the U.S. Canada and Mexico. IT immediately got rid of the tariffs on more than half of Mexico's exports to the U.S and at least of third of US exports to Mexico. -
Bill Clinton and the Fence
Bill Clinton uses the Border Partol to help him win the election in 1996. Under the Clinto administration 40 miles of fence is placed along the Mexico and US. border. -
Anti-Drug Traffiking
Cliton travels to Mexico to make a deal that hopefully would limit and eventually cease all drugs passing through the US. border. -
Immigration Reform
President Obama promises a Immigration Reform, as he works towards this it is estimated that anywhere between 12 to 20 million undocumented immigrants work in the United States -
Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act
This law went into effect July 29th 2010. It required that all immigrants carry their papers with them where ever they went. It allowed police to question anyone they suspected was an illegal immigrant and to take action to prove if this was the case or not.
Parts of this Act were found unconstitutional by he Supreme Court. -
Today..... Where do we stand?
Immigration is still a topic that bombards our news, our schools and our lives. We are constantly faced with the issue of we are America "the Melting pot of the world" but we need a better way to document the immigrants who travel here.