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This allowed free white people to become citizens after living in the country for two years, showing "good moral character", and swearing allegiance to the constitution. This excluded all non-white people and white immigrants from becoming citizens.
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This grants citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States. This includes former slaves but excludes immigrants and Native Americans.
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This extends naturalization to people of African descent but excludes immigrants, mainly from Asia.
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This restricted chinese immigration and prevented the naturalization of Chinese people.
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This gave citizenship to all people born in the United States regardless of parental citizenship.
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Granted citizenship to Native Americans that were born in the United States.
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Chinese Exclusion Act was repealed but limited Chinese Naturalization. Established a quota for Chinese immigration.
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Racial restriction for naturalization is ended but quotas based on nationality remain. This allowed Asian people to become citizens but people from western and northern Europe were favored.
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Abolished quotas and allowed a pathway to citizenship for all people. Limits for how many people that could immigrate were set.
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Allows a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants and provided them amnesty.
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Debate continues on whether certain groups such as illegal and undocumented immigrants should receive citizenship.
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Gave automatic citizenship to all children adopted from foreign nations.