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1795 naturlization act
Any free white person could recieve citizenship providing they had renounced their allegiance to their previous state/sovereignty by name, lived in the United States for five years at least, behave as a man of good moral character, and renounced any title they possessed in the previous states. Once the applicant had been approved and recorded by the court clerk, all related children would receive citizenship whether they had been born in or outside the U.S. providing their father had -
1864 Immigration Act
Established the position of Commissioner of Immigration, reporting to the Secratary of State; validated labor contracts made by immigrants before arrival; exempted immigrants from compulsory military service; established the office of Superintendent of Immigration for New York City -
1882 Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion act was imposed to exclude Chinese from migrating to the United States. The government felt that Chinese laborers were a threat to order in certain localities. The law stated that for the next ten years the Chinese laborers were suspended from coming into the United States. If people were caught bringing Chinese into the country they would be fined five hundred dollars per head that was brought in -
1918 Wartime Measure
This Act asserted that any alien leaving or entering the country was subject to comply with the rules and regulations prescribed by the president. People who planned to use false documents to enter or depart the U.S. were considered criminals and were subject to deportation and fines. Every U.S. citizen was required to bear a passport if they planned to depart or enter the United States. People, corporations, individuals, associations, etc. living or traveling through U.S. territories and canals -
1940 Nationality Act
The objectives of this act are to revise the existing nationality laws of the U.S. into a more complete nationality code. Its focus is to clearly identify who is eligible for citizenship through birth or naturalization requirements. It is particularly relevant in clarifying the status of individuals and their children born or residing in the continental U.S., its territories such as Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Philippines, Panama and the Canal Zone or abroad during this -
1948 Displaced Persons Act
This act helped those individuals who were victims of persecution by the Nazi government or who were fleeing persecution, and someone who could not go back to their country because of fear of persecution based on race, religion or political opinions. This act dealt directly with Germany, Austria, and Italy, the French sector of either Berlin or Vienna or the American or British Zone and a native of Czechoslovakia. -
1968 Armed Forces Naturalization Act
This act was an amendment to the Immigration and Naturalization Act. It was enacted on October 24th 1968 and declares that anyone, regardless of age or race, shall achieve citizenship through “naturalization through active-duty service in the armed forces during World War I, World War II, the Korean Hostilities, the Vietnam Hostilities, or in other periods of military hostilities”. This will be done without any fees being charged to any person who has served in the military -
2000 Bring Them Home Alive Act
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2005 Real ID Act
The 9/11 Commission (originally named the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States) made immigration and document security recommendations after completing their investigation in 2004. Of those recommendations, the following were included in the Real ID Act of 2005: national standards for drivers licenses and non-driver identification cards were established; definitions of terrorist organizations and terrorist activity were expanded; criteria for asylum eligibility was mod