Immigration timeline

  • 1798 Naturalization Act

    applicants for citizenship to have declared intention to becoming a citizen five years prior to applicatoin
  • 1864 Immigration Act

    validated labor contracts made by immigrants before arrival
  • 1986 Immigration Reform and Control

    This bill gave unauthorized aliens the opportunity to apply and gain legal status if they met mandated requirements.
  • 2006 Secure Fence Act

    Adresses the consruction on physical and technological barriers to support the fencing along the southern U.S. border Handled by homeland security