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In 1790, a law passed defining who could become a citizen if the person was not born here.
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25 million immigrants arived in America.New to ameria and americans, immigrants from south and east Europe came to live in America.
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Congress passed the first major law barring a specific group entrance. Congress passed the Chinese exclusion act of 1882, it said no chinese laborer could enter the U.S. For 10 years. Renewed untill WWII
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Congress set up immigration quotas favoring immigrants from Northwestern Europe.
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Introduced a Quota system limiting each country to 2% of foriegn-born residents.
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This policy removed the old quota system and replaced it with a new law. The new law was driven by two reunifying families and giving priority to certain immigrants from the Eastern Hemisphere. It set limits at 170,000 for Eastern Hemisphere and 120,000 for Western Hemisphere.
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President Regan created the IRCA with two purposes in mind. He wanted to slow down illigeal immigration by punishing employers who knowingly hired undocumented workers. Second, he wanted to offer a way fir long term, undocumented immigrants to become citizens.
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Passed the law limiting a country to no more then 7% of America total immigrant population to prevent any one country from making up most of the immigrant population.
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Increased the border patrol and stiffented penalties for creating false citizenship pepers or smuggling undocumented works.
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The senate voted down a bill that ended any chances of Bush solving the immigration issues.
