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The Immigration Act of 1990 increases the limits on legal immigration to the United States. However, revised the grounds for exclusion and deportation.
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Act that provided special immigration status to those who served in the United States armed forces. This was important because it gave immigrants a way to immediately apply for naturalization.
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In 1994, the Immigration and Naturalization Service did a detailed estimate on the number of illegal aliens. The number came out to about 3.4 million people.
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The United States tightens it security because of the tradgedies in OKC and at the World Trade Center. This act showed how American and Immigrant relations was getting a little rocky, as a result of a couple incidents.
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Personal Responsibility and Work Oppurtunity Reconciliation Act denies most forms of public assistance to the moajority of legal immigrants.
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Congress rewrote a couple condition that would have previosuly resulted in deportation. As a result, 300,000 central Americans became legal residents. This was a victory for both the US and those desiring to become a citizen.
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Terrorist attacks result in an increased military presence along the borders.
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Men in Arizona, who have become fed up with illegal immigration, decide to take matters into there own hands and patrol the border. This project shows the hostility and poor relations that some have with immigrants within the United States.
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Act that authroized the construction of hundreds of miles of double layered fencing that is designed to keep immigrants from crossing the border.
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Arizona enacts the most restricive immigration bill in the country. Makes being in the state a crime if your an illegal immigrant, and all immigrants are required to carry paperwork.
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Immigration is reported to be down by 2/3rds from 2000-2005. Obama administration credited it tough laws for the decline.
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VAWA provides a temporary visa and creates a way to legalization for undocumented immigrants who are victims of domestic abuse.
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The US Dept. of Homeland Security estimated 11.8 million unauthorized immigrants are living in the states. They conclude that 59% of these people are from Mexico. Statistics like these often ruin relations between immigrants and citizens.
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US Supreme Court upheld the Arizona Law that imposed sanctions on businesses that hired illegal immigrants.
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Obama allows some undocumented immigrants who came into the country as children to stay in the country. This moment was a strong relation builder between both sides.
