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In 1790, it passed a law defining who could become a citizen if a person was not born in the U.S.
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In 1882 Congress responded by passing the Chinese Exclusion Act. It said that no Chinese laborer could enter the United States for 10 years.
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One of the heaviest periods of immigration in American History, this is when some 25 million immigrants arrived.
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An act to limit the immigration of aliens into the United States.
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Introduced a quota system by country: each country's immigrants were limited to 2 percent of foreign-born residents from that country listed in the U.S. Census of 1890.
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Abloishing the quota system based ib batuibak origin
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Had a dual purpose. First, Reagan wanted to slow illegal immigration by punishing employers who knowingly hired undocumented immigrants. Second, he wanted to offer a way for long-term, undocumented immigrants to become legal.
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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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President George W. Bush committed himself to backing a bill to address all immigration issuses.