US Imigration Laws 1790 to Precent

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    US Immigration

  • Naturalization Act of 1790

    Naturalization Act of 1790
    In order to bomome a US citizen the immigrant had to have lived in the US for two yers.
  • Alien and sedition act

    Alien and sedition act
    When people come from a nother state and they will be like stangers not from this plase or state and they were considered Aliens.
  • california gold rush

    california gold rush
    The discovery og gold that bough a large rush of immigrations from around the globe.
  • Burlingame Treaty

    Burlingame Treaty
    established formal relationships betwen United states and China.
  • Act of 1875

    Act of 1875
    The first restrictive federal immigration statue.
  • The Chinese Exclusion

    The Chinese Exclusion
    They were the first significant laws restricting immigration in to the U.S.
  • Mexican Revolution

    Mexican Revolution
    as a result of Mexico's industralization and the subsequent impoverishment of Mexico's rural poor.
  • Dillngham Commision

    Dillngham Commision
    decide that immigration of southern and eastern Europeans posed a very serious threat to American society and culture.
  • Immigration Act of 1917

    Immigration Act of 1917
    With U.S. Entry into WWi, imigration delines dramatically.
  • 1919 WW1

    1919 WW1
    with U.S. entry into WW1, Immigration decline dramativaly.
  • Immigration and Nationaly Act

    Immigration and Nationaly Act
    It reflects the old war atmosphere and anti-communism of the period, following World War 2 at the onset of the Korean War.
  • Hungarian Revolution

    Hungarian Revolution
    The violent Soviet response to the Hungarian Revolution led to a humanitarian criris in which 200,00r efugees field the violence.
  • immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

    immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
    Major landmark in U.S immigration law.
  • Further Amendments to the INA

    Further Amendments to the INA
    which combined the hemisphere quotas and set a single annual world quota of 290,000 immigrants.
  • Immigration Reforms and Control Act

    Immigration Reforms and Control Act
    it was a comprehensive reform effort.
  • Immigration Act Of 1990

    Immigration Act Of 1990
    Raised the quota Ceiling to 700,000. This act also created a lottery program,the diversity lottery, for vitizens of countries where the U.S. did not usually grant large numbers of visas.
  • Effective Death Penalty Act Of 1996 (AEDPA).

    Effective Death Penalty Act Of 1996 (AEDPA).
    It limited the availability of habeas corpus relief to those held in detention and restricted judicial review.
  • Welfare Reform Act of 1996

    Welfare Reform Act of 1996
    made many legal immigration ineligible for federal entitlent program.
  • Illegal Immigration Reform nad Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA)

    Illegal Immigration Reform nad Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA)
    Created more treinght immigration kaws pertaning to admission and deportation.
  • Senate bill

    Senate bill
    To overhaul immigration policy holty debated and defeated.