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Fifty-six men signed and adopted the Declaration of Independence.
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Congress developed a new rule that all free white people could apply for citizenship after being a resident for 2 years.
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This set standards for vessels bringing immigrants. Ship captains had to provide customs officials with a list of immigrants describing where they came from, where they were going, and their age, sex, and occupation.
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This held that the federal government had no power regulating slavery and people of the African decent were not protect by the Constitution and therefore not citizens.
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African Americans gain citizenship.
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Ellis Island opened to screen immigrants entering on the east coast. Women were deported if not met by a man.
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This act added to the list of undesirables banned from the U.S.
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The Quota Act placed a limit on the number of immigrants permitted from each country in the Western Hemisphere.
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The border patrol was created to stop smuggling and illegal immigration.
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This immigration reform removed quotas and established the basis for today’s immigration laws. The creators and supporters said that the Act would not affect the number of immigrants coming into the country. Rather, it serves as a symbolic extension of civil rights to the rest of the world.
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This provided amnesty for many illegal aliens and sanctions for employers hiring illegals.
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Revised all the grounds for deportation and exclusion which increased the limits on legal immigration. The revised act continued to support people with family members that already worked in the United States, but added 50,000 "diversity visas" for countries from which few were emigrating.
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This put immigration under the control of the newly created Department of Homeland Security and tripled the budget for Border Patrol agents along the Canadian border.http://www.cis.org/articles/2001/back1501.html
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This provides a path to citizenship for undocumented students that have lived in America since they were young children.
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Thia Arizona Immigration Law, Senate Bill 1070 is an attempt by Arizona to control illegal immigration. The law became controversial because of a provision that allows Arizona police officers to inquire about a person’s immigration status if they have reasonable doubt of that person’s status.
http://www.azleg.gov/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=sb1070
