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The immigrants: English, Scots, Scots-Irish, Germans, Irish
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The immigrants: Germans, Irish, English
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The Immigrants: Chinese, Japanese, and other Asians.
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This act made it difficult for Chinese men to bring their wive and families over from China.
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Annie Moore, a 15 year old girl from Ireland was the first of 750 people who were processed through Ellis Island on the first day.
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This act put limitations on Japanese immigrants.
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Created a guest worker program that filled a void during war time. Primarily served the agricultural community.
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Refugees and foreign born wives of G.I.s of World War II were admitted to the U.S.
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Originally meant to be a temporary act, the Bracero Program became public law 78 because the guest workers were filling jobs that Americans did not want to fill.
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Immigrants: Europeans, Asians, Hispanics
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Following the fall of Saigon in Vietnam and the U.S. withdrawing its troops from the Vietnam War there was an influx of Vietnamese refugees to the U.S.
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In 1986, President Ronald Reagan signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act which granted amnesty to eligible undocumented immigrants
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Executive Order issued by President Barack Obama, deferred deportation of people who were brought into the United States as children without documentation by their parents.
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Eliminated the quota that favored Western European immigrants.
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Public Law 78 formerly known as the Bracero Act was repealed.