United States Immigration

  • Importation of slaves banned

    Importation of slaves banned

    The importation of slaves is banned in the United states
  • Election of 1854

    Election of 1854

    Many people from the Knownothing party were elected and they supported the idea of restricting immigration.
  • Homestead Act

    Homestead Act

    The Homestead Act provided homes for the poor and the immigrants. One had to move to a piece of land for five years and improve it.
  • Immigration Act of 1882

    Immigration Act of 1882

    Immigrants were expected to pay fifty cents per person.
  • Anarchist Exclusion Act

    Anarchist Exclusion Act

    Immigrationts that the workers at Angel and Ellis Island deemed anarchists were stopped and sent to their home countries.
  • Expatriation Act

    Expatriation Act

    American women who married immigrants lost their citizenship to help prevent immigrants from becoming immigrants.
  • Immigration Act of 1917

    Immigration Act of 1917

    This act added the literary requirement to immigrate into the United States.
  • Jones-Shafroth Act

    Jones-Shafroth Act

    People in the United States territory of Puerto Rico who wanted to be citizens had to join the military,
  • Emergency Quota Act

    Emergency Quota Act

    This act limited immigration to three percent of what it was during 1920.
  • Alien Registration Act

    Alien Registration Act

    People recognize this act as the green card legislature. Immigrants had to register as an American citizen and recieve a green card for proof of citizenship.
  • Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

    Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

    This added new resitrictions on immigration from Mexico.
  • Immigration and Reform Control Act

    Immigration and Reform Control Act

    This made it illegal to hire an illegal alien in the United States.
  • Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act

    Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act

    This strengthened border enforcement. It also stated that if someone wasnt a citizen, then they didnt recive benefits.
  • USA PATRIOT Act

    USA PATRIOT Act

    Due to 9/11, restrictions were added on immigration from everywhere. It created a Department of Homeland Security and incresed border control.
  • Arizona Immigration Law

    Arizona Immigration Law

    This criminalizes being an illegal alien in Arizona, and it makes it so the Arizona Police force is responsible for enforcing this law.

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