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Citizenship was possible only for someone who was "a free whit person"
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The heaviest immigration periods in the US when 25 million immigrants arrived from southern and Eastern Europe
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Congress set up a quota favoring immigrants from northwestern Europe.
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Immigrants from any country is limited to 2 percent of its total numbers in 1890 census.
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Abolished the quota system based on the national origin. Reunifying families and giving special priority to certain skills. Also set annual limits: 170,000 from the Eastern Hemisphere, and 120,000 from the Western Hemisphere
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No Chinese laborer could enter the United States for 10 years.
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Penalized employers for knowingly hire undocumented immigrants, but gives amnesty to some undocumented immigrants, allowing them a path to eventually applying for citizenship
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No country could account for more than 7 percent of total immigrants.
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Expands the U.S. Border Patrol and stiffens penalties for false papers
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Bush proposed to fill short-term labor needs through a guest worker program and strengthened border control.
