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More immigrants are admitted into the US. Included Great Britain, Germany, and Ireland.
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Prevented Catholics and immigrants from being elected to political offices.
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Immigration into U.S from southern and eastern Europe. Included Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Russia.
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First immigration policy to be passed. Excluded Chinese workers from entering the U.S.
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Restrictive, basically "creating immigration quotas on the basis of national origin". Served as the foundation for the following act.
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Proposed limiting the numbers to be accepted from each country. An example is that it limited the annual immigration quota of each European nationality to 2% of its proportion in the U.S population.
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During this period, immigration was at its lowest level since mid 1800's.
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Admission of more than 400,000 refugees who were homeless due to WW2.
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Helped to ease the restrictions against immigration
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Replaced old quotas with a set of seven preference categories.
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During this time span, the largest numbers of immigrants were beginning to enter the U.S in over half a century.
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Allowing for a more regular flow of refugees and emergency admissions.
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Helped deal with illegal immigration. It basically gave employers penalties if they hired workers who didn't have proper documentation.
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Raised limit on the amount of immigrants coming into te country from 290,000 to 675,000
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Strengthened immigration laws, more restrictive procedures for illegal aliens and also they rejected more claims for asylum.