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http://library.uwb.edu/guides/usimmigration/1790_naturalization_act.html
This was the first immigration law passed in the United States allowing white individuals to apply for citizenship if they had good character and have been in the United States for at least 2 years. -
The span of important immigration laws in United States History
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This law let the President negotiate with the Indians to move them west of the Mississippi River, this eventually led to a lot of tension with the natives, and caused increased racial tensions and the decimation of many native tribes.
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The potato famine brought many Irish to the United States as they searched for new land in which they could grow food. This increased the immigration of the United States greatly during this time.
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http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/famine/introduction.htm
The Irish Potato Famine caused a spike in the Irish immigration to the United States in the 1840's -
http://library.uwb.edu/guides/usimmigration/1862_anti_coolie_law.html
The Anti-Coolie Act limited the amount of Chinese immigrants that could enter the country. -
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=31
After 5 years of improving the governments land, the land was given to the individual. In enacting the Homestead Act a large wave of immigrants came to America. -
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http://library.uwb.edu/guides/USimmigration/1882_immigration_act.html
The Immigration act of 1882 put a 50 cent tax on all aliens landing in the United States. -
This act limited the amount of immigration allowed within the country.
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This act required those entering the country to register with teh federal government up to 4 months after they entered the country.
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http://library.uwb.edu/guides/usimmigration/1952_immigration_and_nationality_act.html
This act gave immigrants with family already within the United States priority if the individual in the United States had a specific profession or skills. -
Abolished the national origins quota put forth by the Emergency Quota Act
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This law made it illiegal to hire illegal aliens, legalized some illegal immigrants as well as made employers attest to their employees citizen status.
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Placed restrictions across all immigration processes after the attacks on the World Trade Center increasing security all around the United States.
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https://www.aclu.org/arizonas-sb-1070
Criminalizes being an illigal alien and gives police the responsiblity to enforce the law.
