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Congress passed this act to stop the entry of Chinese immigrants into the United States for 10 years.
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Allowed the national gov. not only to exclude certain individuals (convicts, prostitutes, and insane persons) but also to deport aliens who entered the country in violation of these immigration laws.
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Act limited the annual number of immigrants from each nationality to 3% of the number of foeign-born persons of that nationality living in the U.S. in 1910.
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Established new quota system for each nationality and set a limit on the total number of immigrants to be allowed entry at all (150,000 per yr.).
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Eliminated quotas based on national origin. As many as 270,000 immigrants could be admitted each year without regard to nationality, country, origin, or race.
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Imposed severe penalties on emplyers who willfully hired illegal aliens.
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Illegal aliens who could prove that they had been in this country continuously for at least five years could apply to obtain temporary legal residency status.
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Raised legal immigration levels by about 40%, to 700,000 per year.
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Denied public social services, publicly funded health care, and public education to people who were suspected of being illegal aliens.
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Put to effect a number of provisions to stem illegal immigration.
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Prohibited immigrants, including legal immigrants who are not yet citizens, for receiving most forms of public assistance, including welfare benefits.
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Many refugees automatically became eligible for permanent legal residence. Others were allowed to remain in the U.S. while the gov. processed their applications for permanent legal residence.
