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This Act limited citizenship status to only white people with "good character". Any other races including, Indians, African-Americans. and Asians were not allowed to be citizens of the US.
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This act was the biggest block to Chinese immigration in US history. Signed by Preident Arthur, this was the first ever US law prohibiting a natioallity of people from entering the US.
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This act allowed women to keep their US citizenship, even if they married a foreign man. This was put into place because perviously women assumed the citizenship of the man she married.
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This act, signed by President Coolidge, limited the amount of immigrant that could be admitted into the US by 1/3. It was intended to limit immigrants from Asia from entering the country.
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Enacted by President Coolidge, the Indian Citizenship Act granted full US citizenship to all Native Americans. This act was pushed through in honor of all the Native Americans that fought in WWI.
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This act stated that any person born on US soil, or in a US territory is a citizen of the US even if their parent is not.
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This act allowed all Cubans that have been in the United States for over 2 years to become permident residents. It was modified a year later to lessen the restrictions even more.
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This act took effect on 3/21/88 and gave all children and immediate family members born in Vietnam, but concieved by American soldiers during the Vietnam War preferential immigration status to enter the country.
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This act allowed chinese students to recieve green cards in order to stay in the country to study even if their passports have expired.
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Presdent Clinton passed this act to help give citizenship to praents of kids who only had one parent with US citizenship. This made it possible for both parents of a child to stay in the country with their child.
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This act signed off by President Clinton stated that all adopted and biological children born outside of the US and brought into the US shall be declared US citizens.
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The DREAM Act was introduced to the senate for the very first time on this date. It was sponsored by Dick Durbin and Orrin Hatch.
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This strict Arizona bill stated that all aliens over the age of 14 must carry all legal paperwork proving that they were allowed to be in the country on them at all times. This bill passed through the Arizona government and was singed by the governer even though it was highly protested.
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President Obama introduced DACA to the American people. This is a program that grants undocumented immigrants a two year work permit.
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President Obama introduced this program as a continuation of DACA, but for parents that have entered the United States illegally.
