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In order to become a naturlized US Citizen you need to live in the United States for two years
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The first act restricting immigration
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further lengthened required residency to become citizen, registers white immigrants to establish date of initial residency
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an act to amend the Naturalization Laws and to punish crimes against the same and for other purpose
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irst act restricting immigration
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allowed the US to suspend Chinese immigration, a ban that was intended to last 10 years
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imposed a 50 cent tax to fund immigration officials
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An act in amendment to the various acts relative to immigration and the importation of aliens under contract or agreement to perform labor
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extended and strengthened the Chinese Exclusion Act
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(Anarchist Exclusion Act) added inadmissible classes to immigration: anarchists, beggars, and importers of prostitutes
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standardized naturalization procedures, made some knowledge of English a requirement for citizenship, and established the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization
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restricted immigrant for certain classes of disabled and diseases people
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restricted annual immigration from a given country to 3% of the number of people from that country living in the US in 1910
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restricted immigration from Asia by creating an “Asiatic Barred Zone” and introduced a reading test for all immigrants over fourteen years of age, with certain expectations for children, wives, and elderly family members.
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expanded on the provisions of the Anarchist Exclusion Act
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(Johnson Act) aimed to freeze the current ethnic distribution in response to rising immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe, as well as Asia.
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“nationality at birth” defined who was eligible for citizenship through birth or naturalization and clarified the status of individuals and their children born or residing in the continental US. Also defined who was not eligible for citizenship and how citizenship could be lost or terminated
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(Magnuson Act) repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act and permitted Chinese nationals already in the country to become naturalized citizens
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(McCarran-Walter Act) somewhat liberalized immigration from Asia, but increased the power of the government to deport illegal immigrants suspected of communist sympathies
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(Hart-Cellar Act) discontinued quotas based on national origin, while preference was given to those who have US relatives. Mexican immigration was restricted for the first time.
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gave Cuban nationals who enter, or were already present in the US, legal status
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granted a path to citizenship to illegal immigrants who had been in the US before 1982 but made it a crime to hire an illegal immigrant
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increased the total immigration limit to 700,000 and increased visas by 400 percent
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immigrants unlawfully present in the United States for 180 days but less than 365 days must remain outside the United States for three years unless they obtain a pardon
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sets forth requirements for state driver's licenses and ID cards to be accepted by the federal government for "official purposes", as defined by the Secretary of Homeland Security
