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congress passed a law that defined who could become citizens if a person was not born here
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said that no Chinese laborer could enter the US for 10 years
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25 million immigrants arrived mostly from Southern and Easter Europe
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congress sets up quotas favoring immigrants from northern Europe
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introduced a quota system to the country: each country's immigrants were limited to 2% of foreign born residents
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abolished the quota system based on national origin
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to slow illegal immigration by punishing employers who knowingly hired undocumented immigrants. 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% of total immigrants
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increased the border patrol staff and stiffened penalties for creating false citizenship papers or smuggling undocumented workers.
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to fill short term labor needs through a guest worker program and strengthened border control
