Immigration timeline By janemm 1790 Nationality Act of 1790 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 1803 Ban on 'importation' of any 'negro, mulatto, or other person of color' 1830 Indian Removal act 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1849 Passenger Cases 1854 People v. Hall 1857 Dred Scott v. Sanford 1857 Dawes Allotment Act 1862 Act to prohibit the 'coolie trade' 1863 Emancipation Proclamation 1864 Immigration Act of 1864 1868 Burlingame Treaty of 1868 1868 14th Amendment 1870 Naturalization Act of 1870 Period: 1872 to 1881 Chinese Educational Mission 1875 Page Law 1875 Chy Lung v. Freeman 1880 Angell Treaty of 1880 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act 1882 Immigration Act of 1882 1884 Elk v. Williams 1885 Foran Act of 1885 1888 Scott Act of 1888 1889 Chae Chan Ping v. United States 1891 Immigration Bureau established 1891 Immigration Act of 1891 1892 Geary Act 1892 Fong Yue Ting v. United States 1894 Immigration Restriction League 1896 Wong Wing v. United States 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson 1898 United States v. Wong Kim Ark 1903 Immigration Act of 1903 1904 Extension of the Chinese Exclusion Act 1905 Anti-American Boycott 1907 Expatrition Act of 1907 Period: 1907 to 1908 Gentleman's Agreement of 1907-1908 1911 Dillingham's Commission Reports Period: 1913 to 1920 Alien Land Laws in California 1917 Immigration Act of 1917 1917 Jones-Shafroth Act 1918 Wartime Measure of 1918 1922 Ozawa v. United States 1922 Cable Act of 1922 1923 Frind v. United States 1924 Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 1924 Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson-Reede Act) 1924 Labor Appropriations Act of 1924 1929 Undesirable Aliens Act of 1929 (Blease's Law) Period: 1929 to 1936 Mexican Patriation 1934 Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1934 Period: 1942 to 1964 Bracero Agreement Period: 1942 to 1945 Executive Order 9066 1943 Repeal of Chinese Exclusion 1944 Korematsu v. United States Period: 1944 to 1945 War Brides Act 1946 Fulbrays-Hays Act of 1946 1946 Luce-Celler Act of 1946 1948 Displaced Persons Act 1951 1951 Refugee Convention 1952 H-2 Guestworker Visa Program 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (the McCarran-Walter Act) 1953 Refugee Relief Act Period: 1953 to 1954 Operation Wetback Period: 1956 to 1962 Parole of Hungarians ('56-57), Cubans ('59-62), Chinese ('62) Period: 1956 to 1965 Chinese Confession Program Sep 26, 1961 Act of September 26th, 1961 1962 An Act: To facilitate the entrances of alien skilled specialists and certain relatives of United States citizens, and for other purposes 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (Hart-Celler Act) 1966 Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966 1967 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Refugee Program 1974 Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act Period: 1976 to 1978 Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1976 and 1978 1979 Refugee Act of 1980 1980 Mariel Boatlife of 1980 1982 Plyler v. Doe 1984 Korematsu v. United States 1986 Immigration Reform and Control (IRAC) 1989 Immigration Act of 1990 1991 American Baptist Churches Settlement Agreement 1992 Chinese Student Protection Act 1996 Illegal Immigrant Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act 1997 Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act 1997 The Flores Settlement 1998 Haitian Refugees Immigrant Fairness Act 2001 Zadvydas v. Davis 2002 Homeland Security Act 2002 Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act 2006 Secure Fence Act 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals 2014 Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents 2017 Muslim Travel Ban 2019 Final rule on "Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility"