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As a result of the potato famine in Ireland, Irish immigrants began flocking to America in search of opportunity.
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The decision stated that states may take precautionary measures against the importation of "Paupers, Vagabonds, Convicts, and Infectious Articles" into America
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The prospects of gold led many immigrants, notably the Chinese, to come to America.
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When Massachusetts and New York decided to pass laws designed to restrict immigration, a court case decided that immigration policy is something that only Congress can regulate, as immigrants were considered "foreign commerce".
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This act was put in place to limit the number of Chinese immigrants that were ocming in to the United States.
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This act imposed a fee of fifty cents per person to those who wished to immigrate to the U.S. Certain groups were ineligible.
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This gave citizenship to all persons born in the United States.
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This revolution drove many Mexicans across the border
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Congress authorized what could be considered the first form of border patrol. Although these patrolled along the U.S.-Mexico border, they were primarily concerned with controlling the flow of illegal Chinese immigrants at the time.
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This Act was instituted to limit the rapidly growing number of immigrants to almost 3% of what the immigration was in 1920.
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The war depleted the U.S. workforce, so 5 million temporary Mexican workers were brought into the United States t owork farms and railroads.
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This act finally abolished immigration laws based on race or countyr of origin.
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This granted legal status to illegal immigrants who arrived in the United States before 1982.
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Immigrants who were here illegally between 180 and 365 days must remain outside of the United States for 3 years, unless they get a pardon. For those who were here illegally for over a year, they must stay out of the U.S. for 10 years.
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The Patriot Act was a response to 9/11, and added restrictions on all immigrants.