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The U.S. Congress says it is illegal to import African slaves.
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New York becomes the largest Irish city in the world, with 203,760 Irish-born citizens.
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Chinese Exclusion Act: Chinese laborers are denied citizenship and entry into the U.S.
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Cuban Refugee Airlift begins; Cubans are admitted under special quotas. President Johnson signs the Immigration Act, which eliminates race, creed and nationality as a basis for admission to the U.S. As soon as the old quota system is removed, non-European immigration levels rise.
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Immigration Reform and Control Act imposes employer sanctions, making it illegal for employers to hire undocumented workers and, for the first time, a crime to work without immigration authorization. It also increases border enforcement.
