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Chinese Exclusion Act
Provided deportation procedures for illegal Chinese. -
Immigration Act
First comprehensive immigration laws for the U.S., Bureau of Immigration set up in the Treasury Dept, and it empowered “the superintendent of immigration to enforce immigration laws”. -
Emergency Quota Act
Limited the number of immigrants from any country to 3% of those already in the U.S. from that country as per the 1910 census. -
Immigration Act
Imposed first permanent numerical limit on immigration and began a national-origin quota system -
Immigration and Nationality Act
Set a quota for aliens with skills needed in the U.S. -
INA Amendments
Set a 20k country limit for Western Hemisphere aliens. -
Immigration Reform and Control Act
Started sanctions for knowingly hiring illegal aliens, provided amnesty to illegal aliens already in the U.S. and Increased border enforcement. -
Immigration Act
Increased legal immigration ceilings, created a diversity admissions category and tripled the number of visas for priority workers and professionals with U.S. job offers. -
Illegal Immigration Act
Phone verification for worker authentication by employers. access to welfare benefits more difficult for legal aliens, increased border enforcement, and also had to do with the Reed Amendment that attempted to deny visas to former U.S. citizens, but was never enforced. -
Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Form Act
Provided for more Border Patrol agents, requires that school reports foreign students attending classes, stipulates that foreign nationals in the U.S. will be required to carry IDs with biometric technology. -
Real ID Act
Required use of IDs meeting certain security standards to enter gov’t buildings, board planes, open bank accounts, establish national standards for state driver licenses, and cleared the way for the building of border barriers. -
Arizona SB 1070
U.S. federal law requires aliens 14 years old or older who are in the country for longer than 30 days to register with the U.S. government and have registration documents in their possession at all times. -
Alabama Immigration Law, HB 65
The Alabama state legislature passed a controversial new immigration bill on June 9 that requires public schools to check students’ immigration status, criminalizes giving an undocumented immigrant a ride, requires employers to use E-Verify to check potential employees’ status, and instructs police to check the immigration status of anyone they stop if they suspect the person of being an undocumented immigrant.