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U.S. Immigration

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  • Jamestown Settlement

    Jamestown Settlement

    This event would be the reasoning behind much nationalism in the future.
  • U.S. Declaration of Independence

    U.S. Declaration of Independence

    Now that we are the United States of America, let's decide who gets to join us.

  • Naturalization Act of 1790

  • Naturalization Act of 1795

  • Naturalization Act of 1798

  • Naturalization Law of 1802

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    Immigration of Northern Europeans

    During this time Irish, German, and Scandinavian peoples formed the new wave of immigrants.

  • Naturalization Act of 1870

  • Page Act of 1875

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Chinese Exclusion Act

  • Immigration Act of 1882

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    Immigration of Eastern and Southern Europeans

    During this time Italians, Jews, and Poles were immigrating in noticeably larger numbers.

  • Naturalization Act of 1906

  • Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907

  • Immigration Act of 1917

  • Emergency Quota Act

    Emergency Quota Act

    3% from 1910, but it gets worse
  • Immigration Act of 1924

    Immigration Act of 1924

    Now its 2% from 1890

  • Nationality Act of 1940

  • Bracero Program

    Bracero Program

    We want your labor, not your citizenship

  • Magnuson Act

    aka Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943

  • War Brides Act

  • Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952

  • Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

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    Immigration of Asians and Latin Americans

    From 1970 to the present, Asians and Latin Americans continue to be the focus of immigration, and Mexicans particularly in Arizona.
  • Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

    Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

    Finding work is becoming increasingly more difficult for immigrants

  • Immigration Act of 1990

  • Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996

    Deportation becomes easier
  • Secure Fence Act of 2006

    Secure Fence Act of 2006

    The U.S. Mexico border becomes increasingly pronounced.
  • AZ SB 1070

    AZ SB 1070

    The Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act has come off as agressively anti-immigration.
  • S. 744 Introduced

    S. 744 Introduced

    Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act is currently going through the Senate.