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Stopped entry of chinese immigrants into the United States for 10 years. that act was the first to establish the federal government's right to restrict immigration based on nationalities
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They allowed the national government not only to exclude certain individuals, convicts, prostitutes, and insane persons,for example but also to deport aliens who entered the country in violation of these immigration laws.
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This act limited the annual number of immigrants from each nationality to 3 percent of the number of foreign-born persons of that nationality who were living in the United States in 1910.
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Established a new qouta system for each nationality and set a limit on the total number of immigrants to be allowed entry at all.
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This law had eliminated qoutas based on national origin.
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Imposed severe penalties on employers who willfully hired illegal aliens.
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From the summerof 1987 to the summer of 1988, illegal aliens who could prove that they had been in this country continuously for at least five years could apply to obtain temporary legal residency status
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This act raised legal immigration levels by about 40 percent, 700,000 ;er year.
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Ballot initiative designed to create a state-run citizenship screening system in order to prohibit illegal immigrants from using health care, public education, and other social services in the U.S.
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The most recent attempt to stem illegal immigration was the 1996 Immigration Reform Act. This act had many provisions aimed at curbing illegal immigration into the United States.
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Under the new policy, many refugees automatically became eligible for permanent legal residence
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Prohibited immigrants, including legal immigrants who are not yet citizens, from recieving most forms of public assistance, including welfare benefits.
