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Must have a five year residnece before someone can become a citizen.
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Law is passed that requires incoming immigrants to pass a literacy test.
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Border control program created by President Eisenhower that cut illegal immigration and caused anti-Latino discrimination.
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Allowed most illeagal immigrants who have lived in the U.S. since Janurary 1, 1982 to apply for legal status and prohibited employers from hiring illegals and mandates penalties for violations.
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Created border control and work site enforcement and the removal of deportable immigrants. Restrictions on welfare bennefits for illegal immigrants were increased.
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Congress considers law restricting the flow of immigrants and potential terrorists into the U.S.
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Undocumented immigrants are denied state issued ID's and licenses.
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Established a procedure for undocumented immigrants to become legal and introduce a temorary work program, while increasing employment based visas.
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Approved building a 700 mile border fence
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Governor of Arizona Jan Brewer signs law that directed police officers to determine immigration status of individuals that are arrested or who they reasonably suspect to be illegal.
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Alleges the law should be declared invalid because it interferes with immigration regulations enacted by the Federal Government.
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Granted a temporary injunction that blocked key portions of the law from going into effect.
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Accuses the Federal Government of failing to secure the border
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Prohibits parts of SB 1070 from taking effect.
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Bolton dismisses Arizona's countersuit.
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Supreme Court strikes down key provisions of SB 1070 but upheld provision that allows police to check a person's immigartion status under certain circumstances.
