Immigration history

Immigration Issues Throughout History

By kballan
  • British Settlers came to America to colonize

    British Settlers came to America to colonize

    Started first town in Jamestown, Virginia

  • Africans were brought over to America to start slavery

  • Plantation Act

    The British Government enacts this act to encourage immigration to America.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party sparks the Revolutionary War

  • Naturalization Act

    Exludes Native Americans from receiving citizenship. They are not considered illegal but they are exempt from the process.
  • Treaty of Guadalupe- Hidalgo

    Treaty of Guadalupe- Hidalgo

    Ends the US-Mexican War and adds Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, California, and parts of Utah and Nevada to the United States.

  • Only Congress can control and regulate immigration

    Used to be by other forms of government

  • State Immigration Laws become unconstitutional

  • Immigration Exclusionary Act

    This act makes it illegal for people who are poor, with a criminal background, or mentally ill to enter the United States.

  • The Mexican Revolution

    The Mexican Revolution sends thousands of Mexicans across the border to the Unites States, legally and illegally.
  • Mounted Inspectors

    Mounted Inspectors

    United States Congress establishes “Mounted Inspectors” along the US-Mexico Border to control illegal immigration.

  • Quotas

    Quotas are set on immigration from certain countries.

  • It is estimated that over 1,000,000 Mexicans are living in the United States illegally.

  • The Nationality Act is put in place

    This unifies all of the previous naturalization and nationality laws.

  • Immigration Act of 1990

    allows for more legal immigration and changes grounds for exclusion and deportation.

  • Illegal Immigrant Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act

    Put into place letting over 300,000 illegal immigrants become residents.
  • Terrorist Attacks in New York leads to increases military security among the Borders.

    Terrorist Attacks in New York leads to increases military security among the Borders.

  • Secure Fence Act put into place authorizing the building of a fence alone the US-Mexican border.

    Secure Fence Act put into place authorizing the building of a fence alone the US-Mexican border.

  • Arizona Bill SB107

    Arizona Bill SB107 signed into law making it illegal under state law to be an illegal immigrant in the country. Also making it necessary for all legal immigrants to carry documentation at all times.
  • Executive Action

    Executive Action

    President Obama announced executive action to prevent the deportation of millions of illegal immigrants.