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Englishmen settled in a new country that would create the 13 colonies and the United States
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U.S. President was given the power to deport and punish immigrants.
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Passed to encourage Westward Migration
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Prohibits Immigration of criminals, poor or mentally ill.
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Exclusion of certain type of immigrants starting Immigration exclusion era.
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Grants US Citizenship to Every Person Born in Hawaii before Its 1898 Annexation, Including People of Japanese and Chinese Ancestry.
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Exclusion of Immigrants Based on Political Ideology Begins.
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Creates Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization.
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Revokes Citizenship of American Women Who Marry Foreigners
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Denies Entry to Immigrants from Eastern Asia and the Pacific Islands
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Forces Immigrants in the United States Back to Mexico
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Increases Limit on Legal Immigration and Revises Grounds for Exclusion and Deportation
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Grants Refugee Status to Foreigners Who Return Living Vietnam or Korean War POWs or MIAs
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Expands Laws for Asylum and Deportation of Foreigners for Terrorist Activity
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Penalizing Businesses That Hire Undocumented Immigrants
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Upholding its most hotly debated provision but blocking others on the grounds that they interfered with the federal government's role in setting immigration policy.
