Immigration timeline

By janemm

  • Nationality Act of 1790

  • Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798

  • Ban on 'importation' of any 'negro, mulatto, or other person of color'

  • Indian Removal act

  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

  • Passenger Cases

  • People v. Hall

  • Dred Scott v. Sanford

  • Dawes Allotment Act

  • Act to prohibit the 'coolie trade'

  • Emancipation Proclamation

  • Immigration Act of 1864

  • Burlingame Treaty of 1868

  • 14th Amendment

  • Naturalization Act of 1870

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    Chinese Educational Mission

  • Page Law

  • Chy Lung v. Freeman

  • Angell Treaty of 1880

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

  • Immigration Act of 1882

  • Elk v. Williams

  • Foran Act of 1885

  • Scott Act of 1888

  • Chae Chan Ping v. United States

  • Immigration Bureau established

  • Immigration Act of 1891

  • Geary Act

  • Fong Yue Ting v. United States

  • Immigration Restriction League

  • Wong Wing v. United States

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

  • United States v. Wong Kim Ark

  • Immigration Act of 1903

  • Extension of the Chinese Exclusion Act

  • Anti-American Boycott

  • Expatrition Act of 1907

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    Gentleman's Agreement of 1907-1908

  • Dillingham's Commission Reports

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    Alien Land Laws in California

  • Immigration Act of 1917

  • Jones-Shafroth Act

  • Wartime Measure of 1918

  • Ozawa v. United States

  • Cable Act of 1922

  • Frind v. United States

  • Indian Citizenship Act of 1924

  • Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson-Reede Act)

  • Labor Appropriations Act of 1924

  • Undesirable Aliens Act of 1929 (Blease's Law)

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    Mexican Patriation

  • Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1934

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    Bracero Agreement

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    Executive Order 9066

  • Repeal of Chinese Exclusion

  • Korematsu v. United States

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    War Brides Act

  • Fulbrays-Hays Act of 1946

  • Luce-Celler Act of 1946

  • Displaced Persons Act

  • 1951 Refugee Convention

  • H-2 Guestworker Visa Program

  • Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (the McCarran-Walter Act)

  • Refugee Relief Act

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    Operation Wetback

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    Parole of Hungarians ('56-57), Cubans ('59-62), Chinese ('62)

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    Chinese Confession Program

  • Act of September 26th, 1961

  • An Act: To facilitate the entrances of alien skilled specialists and certain relatives of United States citizens, and for other purposes

  • Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (Hart-Celler Act)

  • Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966

  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Refugee Program

  • Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act

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    Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1976 and 1978

  • Refugee Act of 1980

  • Mariel Boatlife of 1980

  • Plyler v. Doe

  • Korematsu v. United States

  • Immigration Reform and Control (IRAC)

  • Immigration Act of 1990

  • American Baptist Churches Settlement Agreement

  • Chinese Student Protection Act

  • Illegal Immigrant Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act

  • Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act

  • The Flores Settlement

  • Haitian Refugees Immigrant Fairness Act

  • Zadvydas v. Davis

  • Homeland Security Act

  • Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act

  • Secure Fence Act

  • Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

  • Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents

  • Muslim Travel Ban

  • Final rule on "Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility"