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Undocumented Immigration

  • Landing of Christopher Colombus
    Oct 12, 1492

    Landing of Christopher Colombus

  • Colonial Immigration

    Colonial Immigration

  • Naturalization Residency Requirements

    Naturalization Residency Requirements

  • Naturalization Act of 1870

    Naturalization Act of 1870

  • Burlingame Treaty ends

    Burlingame Treaty ends

  • Ellis Island Opens

    Ellis Island Opens

  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment

  • The US Border Patrol is established

    The US Border Patrol is established

  • Immigration Act for Chinese

    Immigration Act for Chinese

  • Ellis Island Closed

    Ellis Island Closed

  • Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)

    Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)

  • "Minuteman Project"

    "Minuteman Project"

  • Secure Fence Act

    Secure Fence Act

    Authorizes would extend the fencing along the US-Mexican Border
  • Supreme Court Law

    Supreme Court Law

    Supreme Court maintains in place the Arizona Law that punishes businesses that hire illegal immigrants
  • President Obama

    President Obama

    permits illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children to stay in the U.S.