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Stopped entry of Chinese immigrants into the United States for ten years. This act was the first to establish the federal goverment's right to restrist immigration based on nationalities.
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Allowed the national goverment not only to exclude certain individuals but also to deport aliens who entered the country in violation of these immigration laws.
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Limited the annual number of immigrants from each nationality to 3 percent of the number of foreign-born persons of that nationality who wereliving in the United States in 1910. Most Asian groups were not included in the list of nationalities. Immigration from the Western Hemisphere was also unrestricted.
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Established a new quota system for each nationality and set a limit on the total number of immigrants to be allowed entry at all.
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Eliminated quotas based on national orgin. AS many as 270,000 immigrants could be admitted each year without regard to nationality country of orgin, or race.
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Imposed severe penalties on employers who willfully hired illegal aliens. Employers who repeatadly violate this law can be jailed for up to 6 months.
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Illegal aliens who could prove that they had been in this country continuosly for at least five years could apply to obtain temporary legal residency status.
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Increased the number of legal immigrants allowed into the United States each year. This was done to help immigrants from countries where the United States did not often grant visas.
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Was a 1994 ballot initiative to establish a state-run citizenship screening system and prohibit illegal aliens from using health care, public education, and other social services in the U.S. State of California.
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Prohibited immigrants, including legal immigrants who are not yet citizens, from receiving most forms of public assistance, including welfare benefits.
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The act put into effect a number of provisions to stem illegal immigration.
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Many refugees automatically became eligible for permanent legal residence. Other illegal immigrants were allowed to remain in the United States while the government processed their applications for permanent legal residence.
