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which stopped entry of chinese immigrants into the United States for then years. The act was first to establish the federal government's right to restrict immigration basedon nationalities.
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They allowed the national government not only to exclude certain individuals--convicts, prostiutes and insane person, for example--but also to deport alians who enter the country in violation of these immigration laws.
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This act limited the annual number if immigrant from each nationality to 3 percent of the number of foreign-born personsof the natioanlity who were living in the United statesin the 1910.
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new quota system for each nationality and set a limit on the total number of immigrants to be allowed entryat all.these resulted these acts served as the basicfor US immigration policy for more than 35 years.
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had eliminated quotas based on national origins. As many as 270,000 immigrants could be abmitted each year without regard to nationality country of origin, or race.
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imposed severe penalties on employers who willfully hired illegal aliens. also inclued an amnesty program.
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illegal alliens who could prove that they had been in this country continuously for at least 5 years could apply to abtain temporary legal residency status.18 months later they could apply for permanent residncey.
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this act raised legal immigraition 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 alians be interviewed, questioned and forced to producelegal residency documents.
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put into effect a number of provisions to stem illegal immigration.
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prohibited immigrants, including legal immigrants who are not yet citizens, from receiving most forms of public assitance, uncluding welfare benifits
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many refugees automaticallu became eligble for permanent legal residence. other illegal immigrants were allowed to remain in the unted states while the government processed their applications for permanent legal residence
