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Mexican-American War ends; U.S. gains Texas, Arizona, California, New Mexico, and parts of Utah, Nevada, and Colorado
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Encouraged migrants to move westward.
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Brought about due to President McKinley's assassination in 1901; signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt. Prevented immigrant anarchists from entering the U.S.
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Forced first Mexican political refugees into the U.S.
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Type of Border Patrol in the Southwest; authorized by Congress.
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Required in order to become a legal citizen in the U.S.; designed to keep out uneducated and therefore poor immigrants.
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Placed no restrictions on the hemisphere; Mexican immigration increased because employers needed cheap labor.
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Established the U.S. Border Patrol.
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Approximately 1,000,000 Mexicans immigrants were in the U.S. illegally by 1927. *Day not available.
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Mexican immigrants blamed for economic troubles; sent back to Mexico whether citizens or not. *Day and month not accurate
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Guest worker program for Mexican immigrants during World War II; ended in 1964. *Day not available.
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Forced Mexican workers out of the U.S.
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Granted citizenship to qualifying immigrants before 1 January 1982.
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Welfare Reform ended monetary/medical assistance for immigrants. The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act made it more difficult to become naturalized.
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Recruited civilians to patrol U.S.-Mexico border.
