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US Immigration
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Naturalization Act of 1790
This act allowed for immigrants to become naturalized citizens after two years of living in the United States. -
Naturalization Act of 1798
increased the period necessary for immigrants to become naturalized citizens in the United States from 5 to 14 years. -
Page Act of 1875
The first act restricting immigration -
Page Act of 1875
The first act restricting federal immigration law and prohibited the entry of immigrants considered “undesirable” -
General Immigration Act of 1882
The law was to tax fifty cents to each immigrant and also blocked lunatics, convicts, and persons likely to become a political change -
Alien Contract Labor Laws of 1885
These Laws prohibited certain laborers from immigrating to the United States -
The act of 1891
It established a Commissioner of Immigration in the Treasury Department -
The Gerary Act of 1892
It extended and strengthened the Chinese Act, -
Immigration act of 1903
It added four inadmissible classes: anarchists, beggars, and importers of prostitutes -
Naturalization Act of 1906
Made some knowledge of English a requirement for citizenship and established the Bureau of immigration and Naturalization -
Immigration Act og 1907
It restricted immigrants for certain classes of disabled and diseased people -
Immigration Act of 1917
(Barred Zone Act) restricted immigration Asia by creating an “Asiatic Barred Zone” and introduced a reading test for all immigrants over fourteen years of age -
Immigration Act of 1918
It expanded on the provisions of the Anarchist Exclusion Act -
Emergency Quota Act of 1921
It restricted annual immigration from a given country to 3% of the number of people from that country living in the US in 1910 -
Immigration Act of 1924
It aimed at freezing the current ethic distribution in response to rising immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe, as well as Asia. -
Nationality Act of 1940
It has to do with “Nationality at Birth” and “Nationality through Naturalization -
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952
It liberalized immigration from Asia but increased the power of the government to deport illegal immigrants suspected of Communist sympathies -
Immigration Act and Nationality Act of 1965
It discontinued qoutas based on national origin while preference was given to those who have U.S. relatives. For the first time Mexican immigration was restricted. -
Cuban Refugee Adjustment Act of 1966
It gave Cuban nationals who enter or were already present in the United States legal states -
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
It granted a path to citizenship to illegal immigrants who have been in the United States before 1982 but made it a crime to hire an illegal immigrant -
Immigration Act of 1990
It increased the total immigration limit to 700,000 and increased visas by 40 percent. Family reunification was retained as the main immigration criterion who significant increase in employment related immigration -
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
It made drastic changes to asylum law immigration detention , criminal based immigration and many immigration relief -
Real ID Act
It created more restrictions on political asylum severely curtailed habeas corpus relief for immigrants increased immigration enforcement mechanisms altered judicial review and imposed federal restrictions on the insurance of state drivers licenses to immigrants and others. -
Arizona Senate Bill 1070
U.S. federal law requires all aliens over the age of 14 who remain in the United States for longer than 30 days to register with the U.S. government and to have registration documents in their possession at all times -
Alabama HB 56
The Alabama law requires that if police have "reasonable suspicion" that a person is an immigrant unlawfully present in the United States, in the midst of any legal stop, detention or arrest, to make a similarly reasonable attempt to determine that person's legal status. -
Deferred Action for childhood Arrivals
Certain people who came to the United States as children and meet several key guidelines may request consideration of deferred action for a period of two years, subject to renewal, and would then be eligible for work authorization.
