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A potato famine his Ireland particularly hard and cause a lot of immigration.
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After the potato famine many Irish people immigrates to the U.S.
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Almost two hundred thousand Chinese immigrants came to the United State to work on construction crews for the transcontinental railroad.
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There was a wave of Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Russian immigrants.
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Prohibited Chinese workers from entering the United States, this also set the stage for later efforts on immigration restrictions based on national origin.
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Limited the number of European immigrants from each country to 2% of its proportion in the U.S. population in 1890.
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Allowed for the admission of more than 400,00 refugees left homeless by World War II and the imposition of Soviet communism in Eastern Europe.
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Relaxed restrictions against immigration from Asia.
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Approximately seven hundred thousand refugees came from Cuba after a revolution brought Fidel Castro to power.
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Prioritizes families and skilled workers.
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Prompted by the arrival of more than four hundred thousand refugees from Southeast Asia between 1975 and 1980. Consistency by allowing for both a regular flow of refugees and emergency admissions.
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Imposed penalties on employers who knowingly hired workers without proper documentation it also allowed people living in the United States since 1981 as well as undocumented agricultural workers to become citizens.
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The limit of annual admissions went form 290,000 to 675,000 immigrants
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Deported illegal immigrants and rejected asylum claims.
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Maligned immigrants-Mexico, and other Latin American countries. Model immigrants-Indian and Chinese.