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Established a uniform rule of naturalization and a two year residency requirement for aliens who are free white persons of good moral character
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A potato disease called potato blight resulted in mass starvation in Ireland. This caused approximately 1 million people to migrate.
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The Calidfornia Gold Rush caused immigration from China and also lots of migration from U.S. states
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This treaty ended the Mexican-American war and extended citizenship to 80,000 Mexicans that were living in Texas, California, and the American Southwest.
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The Homestead Act opened up many plots of land to settlers who agree to live on it for at least five years, which caused immigrants from European countries to immigrate in hopes of their own land.
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The Chinese Exclusion Act restricted all Chinese immigration to the United States for ten years
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Ellis Island in New York City is the location where over 16 million immigrants were processed.
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The Immigration Act of 1917 created the Asiatic Barred Zone, which restricted the immigration from Asia
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The Emergency Quota Act restricted the immigration from any given country to three percent of the number of people from that country living in America in 1910.
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The Border Patrol is created through the Labor Appropriation Act in hopes of reducing the amount of smuggling and illegal immigration.
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The Smith Act, also known as the Alien Registration Act, required all aliens over the age of 14 in the United States to be fingerprinted and registered.
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THe Simpson-Mazzoli Act, also known as the Immigration Reform and Control Act, required employers to attest to their employees' immigration status, made it illegal to knowingly hire or recruit unauthorized immigrants, legalized certain seasonal agricultural illegal immigrants, and legalized illegal immigrants who entered the United States before January 1, 1982 and had resided there continuously with a fine, back taxes due, and admission of guilt.
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Proposition 187 barred illegal immigrants from receiving certain state benefits such as health care and public education.
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The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act enhanced border security and enacted new eligibility requirements in order to receive public benefits.
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Hundreds of thousands of pro-immigration protesters participated in National Day of Action for Immigrant Justice by holding rallies all over the nation, including Phoenix, Arizona and Washington, D.C.
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President Bush sent 6,000 National Guard members to the Mexican border to help the border control with illegal immigration.
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California Governor Schwarzenegger reluctantly agreed to send 1,000 National Guard members to help the Border Patrol as part of President Bush's plan.
