Immigration issues

Immigration Issues from U.S. and Arizona History

By laurasaurusrex

  • And So It Begins

    And So It Begins
    English settlers arrived to America, which is the start of Colonial Immigrations.

  • Alien Naturalization Act

    Alien Naturalization Act
    This law limited naturalization to immigrants who were "free white persons" of "good character"

  • Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

    Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
    This was a treaty between the U.S. and Mexico that let the U.S. obtain what is now Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and some areas of Utah and Nevada.

  • Government Rules

    Government Rules
    The Supreme Court states that Congress is the only one who can control immigration issues

  • Naturalization Act of 1870

    Naturalization Act of 1870
    A system of controls was created for the naturalization process and penalties for fraudulent practices.

  • Ellis Island

    Ellis Island
    Ellis Island was opened as a checkpoint for immigration entry.

  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment
    The 14th Amendment was ratified, which allows citizenship to all people born in the United States.

  • Angel Island

    Angel Island
    Angel Island was opened as an immigration station.

  • Immigration Act of 1917

    Immigration Act of 1917
    This immigration act denied entrance to immigrants from Eastern Asia and the Pacific Islands to the U.S.

  • Magnuson Immigration Act of 1943

    Magnuson Immigration Act of 1943
    This act let the Chinese become U.S. citizens.

  • Ellis Island

    Ellis Island
    Ellis Island closes.

  • Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)

    Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)
    The Immigration Reform and Control Act gave legal status to qualifying illegal aliens who entered the United States before January 1, 1982.

  • Immigration Act of 1990

    Immigration Act of 1990
    The Immigration Act of 1990 increased the limits on legal immigration to the United States, revised all grounds for exclusion and deportation, authorized temporary protected status to aliens of designated countries, revised and established new nonimmigrant admission categories, revised and extended the Visa Waiver Pilot Program, and revised naturalization authority and requirements

  • Secure Fence Act

    Secure Fence Act
    The Secure Fence Act authorizes that they would extend the fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border.

  • SB 1070

    SB 1070
    Any aliens who were in the U.S. as children were not allowed to stay and must go back to their own homes.

  • Obama

    Obama
    President Obama permits illegal immigrants who came into the U.S. as children to stay in the U.S.