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The James River was first discovered by immigrants, which marked the start of immigration to America. Jamestown was the first successful settlement.
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German immigrants were able to accept the United States as their new Home and country.
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Provides new laws for citizens. It never mentions the word immigrats.
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This law limited naturalization to immigrants who were "free white persons" of "good moral character", so it didn't include American Indians, indentured servants, slaves, free blacks, and Asians.
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After this it was illegal to bring slaves into America.
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Crop scarcity and the Irish Patato Famine led to major imigration to America.
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US government offered free land to immigants who lived on land for 5 years. Many immigrants moved here because of this.
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The Central Pacific and Union Pacific lines meet at Promontory Summit, Utah. Many immigrant came to America to help built the transcontinental railroad.
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Chinese Immigrants were no longer permited to come to the United States.
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The French gave the Statue of Liberty as a gift to the United Stated. It symbolized freedom, which acted as a welcoming of immigration to America.
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Ellis Island was the federal immigration processing station which processed over 12 million third class and steerage immigrants.
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This act limited immigration to three percent of the amount of immigrants entering during the years past.
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The U.S. Imported thousands of of mexican loborers to work as agricultural laborers.
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6,000 National Guard members were deployed to the Mexican border to assist the Border Patrol, because of President Bush.
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Act in Arizona that required all people over the age of 14 to register with the county and governement and immigrants are required to have documentation of citizenship.
