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This was the first significant federal legislation on immigration.
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Irish of classes emigrate to the United States as a result of the potato famine
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The population has grown more then 5.2 million immigrants enter the country.
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The U.S. have provisions are adopted for expulsions of aliens.
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immigrants were caught entering on the east coast.
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Immigration Act provided for literacy tests for those over 16.
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Limited immigrants to 3% of each nationality present in the US in 1910.
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Changed to 2% of each nationality based on numbers in the US.
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The annual quotas of the 1924 Act are made permanent.
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Provided for finger printing and registering of all aliens.
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Procedures adopted to facilitate immigration of foreign born wives.
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Displaced persons act allowed 205000 refugees over two years.
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The grounds for exclusion and deportation are expanded.
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Immigration Reform and Control Act provided for amnesty for many illegal aliens.
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A bill gives permanent status to non-immigrant registered who have lived here.
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Immigration Act of 1990 limited unskilled workers to 10,000/year skilled labor
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Amended the immigration and NA to broaden the scope of aliens ineligible for admission or deportable due to terrorist activities.
