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In order to become a US citizen the immagrates had to have lived in the US fot 2 years.
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Deported illegal Chinese people
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first comprehensive immigration laws for the US, Bureau of Immigration and it empowered the superintendent of immigration to enforce immigration law
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limited the number of immigrants to 3% of those already in the US from that country as per the 1910 census
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set a quota for aliens with skills needed in the US
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set a 20 thousand country limit for Western Hemisphere aliens
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started sanctions for knowingly hiring illegal aliens, provided amnesty to illegal aliens already in the US and increased border enforcement
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increased legal immigration ceilings, created a diversity admissions category and tripled the number of visas for priority workers and professionals with US job offers
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verification for worker authentication by employers, access to welfare benefits more difficult for legal aliens, increased border enforcement
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more Border Patrol agents, requires that school reports foreign students attending classes, stipulates that foreign nationals in the US will be required to carry IDs with biometric technology
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US federal law requires aliens 14 years old or older who are in the country for longer than 30 days to register with the US Government and have registration documents at all times