New Immigrants

  • The Chinese Exclusion Act

    This act banned entry to all chinese except students, teachers, mercants, tourist, and government officials
  • Alien Contract Labor Law

  • Geary Act

    Prohibited Chinese from entering the United States
  • Americanization Movement

    Was designed to assimilate people of wide ranging cultures into the dominant culture (U.S)
  • Californias Alien Land Law

    Prohibits "Aliens ineligible for citzenship" (Chinese and Japanese) form owning property in the state
  • Magnuson Act

    An act to repeal the Chinese Exclusion Act, to establish quotas, and for other purposes
  • The Displaced Persons Act

    Allowed Europeans displaced by war to enter U.S outside of Immigrant quotas
  • Act on Alien Spouses and Children

    To permit the admission of alien spouses and minor children of citizen members of the United States armed forces
  • Immigration and Nationality Act, a.k.a. the McCarran-Walter Act

    An act to revise the laws relating to immigration, naturalization, and nationality; and for other purposes
  • Armed Forces Naturalization Act

    An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the naturalization of persons who have served in active-duty service in the armed forces of the United States during the Vietnam hostilities, or in other periods of military hostilities, and for other purposes
  • Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act

    An act to enable the United States to render assistance to, or in behalf of, certain immigrants and refugees and amendments