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The Act Prohibited importation of slaves in the United States. This act ended the legality of the U.S.-based transatlantic slave trade. However, it was not always well enforced, and slavery itself continued in the United States until the end of the Civil War and the adoption of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
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Ireland's potato famine increased immigration of the Irish people to America because of the shortage of food.
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During the congress elections of 1854, many people from the Know Nothing Party were elected. Those individuals supported the idea of restrciting immigration.
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The Act limited immigration by Chinese railroad workers.
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The Homestead Act provided (cheap) places of residence for the poor and the immigrants. This brought a whole new wave of immigrants to the U.S.
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Mostly Irish and Chinese immigrants built the transcontinental railroad.
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This Act was enforced for ten years. No Chinese immigrants for any reason were allowed to enter America.
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Congress passed a new Immigration Act that stated a 50 cents tax would be levied on all aliens landing at United States ports. An act in which the State Commission and officers were in charge of checking the passengers upon incoming vessels arriving in the U.S. The passengers were examined by a set of exclusionary criteria. Upon examination passengers who appeared to be convicts, lunatics, idiots or unable to take care of themselves were not permitted onto land. http://www.eugenicsarchive.org/h
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The Statue of Liberty is completed and unvailed to the public.
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American women that married immigrants lost their citizenship. This helped prevent immigrants from becoming citizens.
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This act added the literary requirement to immigrate into the United States.
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This act limited immigration to three percent of what it was during the 1920s.
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This added new restrictions on immigration from Mexico.
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This Act made it illegal to hire and illegal alien in the U.S.
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This Act strengthened border enforcement. It also stated that if an individual was not a citizen they did not receive benefits.
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Due to 9/11 restrictions were added on immigration. A department of Homeland Security was created and border control was increased. It also became a rquirement that one's passport is machine readable.
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This criminalizes being an illegal alien in AZ, AZ police force is responsible for enforcing this law.
