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Act Discriminating the Importation of Slaves
On March 2nd, 1807, America banned the importation of slaves into the country. However, this was not heavily enforced but it was still categorized as illegal. -
U.S.-Mexican War
This war occured due to ta major conflict between the United States of America. Mexico believed that Texas was a part of their territory and the United States did not agree with that statement. This resulted into a war between the two nations. -
Treaty of Guadalupe
This treaty offically ended the Mexican-American War. -
Gadsden Purchase
The Gadsden Purchase is the region of southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. The United States made a treaty and purchased this land from James Gadsden, an ambassador to Mexico at the time. This purchase was the last of the important lands added to the nation. -
The First Train to Cross the Border Along with Undocumented Immigrants
During the 1880's the construction on the railroads to connect Mexico to America was taking place. On August 2nd, 1882, the first train ever crossed the mexican border. Undocumented immigrants also began to cross the border as well. -
Expatriation Act of 1907
This act stated that an American woman marrying an illegal immigrant would lose her citizenship. With this bill being valid in the United States, it resulted in a major decrease in women marrying immigrants. -
The Mexican Revolution
During this period in time, many Mexican immigrant workers were sent to the United States due to the economy change in the south because of the border transformation. The economy north of the border participated in a more work-centralized region. -
Emergency Immigration Act of 1921
This act pertained to Federal legislation limiting the immigration of aliens into the United States. This act was created because Americans feared that people from the southern and the eastern European countries did not only adapt well into American society but also were threatened by its very existence. There was a rule to follow for this bill; no more than 3 percent of the number of persons from a nation living in the United States could be accepted to the country in the forthcoming year. -
The Great Depression
There was a major decline in the United States' economy which led non-Latino workers to fight for thier jobs. For the first time a round of Mexican deportations took place. Tons and tons of undocumented immigrants were forced to go back to Mexico. -
Operation Wetback
Operation Wetback is a program created in 1954. The purpose of the operation was to deport undocumented Mexican-American workers who did not fall within the Bracero Program's mandate. The efforts to push this program forward began in California and Arizona. -
Immigration Act of 1965
This bill had the same content as the civil rights movement goals. The 1965 act effected the method in which immigrants are admitted to America. -
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
Three million undocumented immigrants had come to reside in the United States by 1986. President Ronald Reagan, Senator Ted Kennedy, and the congressional leadership worked together to grant amnesty to these immigrants by creating this bill. Within this bill it stated that a.) required employers to attest to their employees' immigration status.
b.) made it illegal to knowingly hire or recruit unauthorized immigrants.
c.) legalized certain seasonal agricultural illegal immigrants. -
Support our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act
This act, aslo known as S.B. 1070, stated that it would help keep Arizona safe from drug cartels and other threats.The strategy that was used was an aggressive immigration enforcement which maked life difficult for illegal immigrants who live in Arizona. -
Passage of Arizona SB 1070
This passage allowed law enforcement officials who have not been trained in immigration policy to demand papers from any Arizona residents they find suspicious. Soon it began being assessed by the federal court system. Other states are considering similar legislation. -
Passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement
This passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), intertwined with the Mexican economic collapse of 1994, resulted in an estimated 13 million new undocumented immigrants to the United States over the next 15 years.
