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This act allowed for immigrants to become naturalized citizens after two years of living in the United States
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Created a system of controls for the naturalization process and penalties for fraudent practices. Also extended the naturalization process to aliens of African nativity and to persons of African descent.
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Prohibited the entry of immigrations that seemed "undesirable"
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Provided deportation procedures for illegal Chinese
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Required all Chinese residents in the U.S. to carry a resident permit
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First comprehensive immigration that was set up to empower the superintendent of immigration to enforce immigration laws
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This act limited the number of immigrants from any country
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Imposed first permanent numerical limit on immigration and began a national origin quota system
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Set a quota for aliens with skills needed in the United States
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Any citizen of Cuba who was admitted, and has been physically present into the U.S. before January 1, 1959, is a permanent resident of the U.S.
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Set a 20k country limit for Western Hemisphere aliens
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This act started sanctions hiring illegal aliens, provided amnesty to illegal aliens already in the United States, and increased border enforcement
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Increased legal immigrants ceilings, created a diversity admissions category, tripled the number of visas for priority workers/professionsals with U.S. job offers
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Gave access to welfare benefits (more difficult for illegal aliens), incresed border enforcement, and also tried the Reed Amendment which attempted to deny visas to former U.S. citizens
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Provided more border patrol agents, required schools to report foreign students attending classes, stipulated that foreign nationals in the U.S. will have to carry IDs with biometric technology
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All IDs had to meet certain security standards to enter government buildings, board planes, open bank accounts, establish national standards for state drivers licenses, and cleared the way for the building of border barriers
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This act requires aliens 14+ years of age, who are in a country longer than 30 days, to register with the U.S. government. They also must have registraion documents with them at all times,
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Requires public schools to check student immigration status, criminalizes giving an undocumented immigration a ride, employers must use E-Verify to check potentional employees statuses, and instruct police to check the immigration status of anyone that they suspect to be an undocumented immigrant
