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This act prohibited the entry of those who could not take care of themselves. It also excluded criminals, the poor, and the mentally ill. These immigrants were thought to be inferior and costly to society.
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$75,000 was put into thw construction of America's first federal immigration station on Ellis Island. This project bagan in 1890, and was to be made completely out of wood. 450,000 immigrants were processed there the first year after construction. About 1.5 million immigrants had passed through after its five year use. In 1957, the first Ellis Island immigration station was destroyed by a fire on June 15th.
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Passed by congress -- the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization was put in charge of all matters concerning aliens. It established a basic procedure for the process of naturalization.
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Takao Ozawa attempted to have the Japanese classified as "white" during this case instead of challenging the constitutionality of racial restrictions. It was declared that the Japanese were ineligible to recieve citizenship in the United States. This trend would continue until the 1960s.
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The Alien Registration Act -- also known as the smith act -- "made it illegal for anyone in the United States to advocate, abet, or teach the desirability of overthrowing the government" (Simkin 2009). It also required alien residents over the age of 14 to record thei occupational status and their political beliefs. Within months over 4 million aliens had registered. This act was created to undermine the American Communist Party.
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Ellis Island closed after the Arne Peterssen -- a Norwegian detainee -- was released.
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This act gave U.S. military veterans who served in Vietnam or other "military hostilities" the privilege to become naturalized citizens.
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This act admitted displaced Vietnamese, Cambodians, and Laotians into the United States.
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This act offered U.S. immigration to children fathered by American troops in Southeast Asia.
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This act allowed some 300,000 Central Americans (Nicaraguans, Salvadorans, and Guatemalans) to become legal residents.
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Because of the terrorist attcaks on September 11th, it prompted the U.S. Department of Defense to expand military support along the borders to prevent illegal immigration.
