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Aliens and Sedition act
These four laws limited or stopped the rights of immigrants. -
Chinese Exlusion Act
A law passed that did not allow Chinese illegal immigrants to become a legal citizen, unless they spend 10 years in the country. -
Alien Contract Labor Laws
A law passed by congress to prohibit people from paying for the tranportations of Foreign Laborers into the U.S -
Immigrants & Naturalization Service created
Legacy INS was established on 1933 by their merger to administrate matters related to Immigration, and naturalization. -
INS Opens up Ellis Island as a screening station for Immigrants.
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The US and Japan sign the Gentleman's Agreement
Japan and America came with in an agreement, which Japan would not give Japanese people passports for America, unless they were business men. In return, President Roosevelt would stop the Japanese segregation in California. -
Immigration Act of 1917
This act added to the undesirables banned list, from entering the country, it barred all the immigrants over 16 years old who were illiterate. -
Anarchist Act passed and excludes
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A quota system is first introduced
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The Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943
This law passed to help the Chinese immigrants to be natioalized. -
War Brides Act
This law allowed brides to adopt children of the US Military to enter the U.S after WWII -
Immigration and Nationality Act
Asians Barred Zone banned people from all nations given a chance to enter the U.S -
The Refugee Act
It set a strict amount of immigrants to be allowed to get in the U.S
