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U.S. Immigration Laws 1800s - Present

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    U.S. Immigration Laws 1800s - Present

  • Naturalization Act of 1870

    This act created a system of controls for the naturalization process and penalties for fraudulent practices.

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Chinese Exclusion Act
    The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, was the mass deportation of Chinese immigrants in the United States.

  • The Geary Act

    It stregnthened the Chinese Exclusion Act.

  • Naturalization Act of 1906

    Naturalization Act of 1906
    Roosevelt passde this law to verify family members and verification of arrival.

  • Immigration Act of 1924

    Immigration Act of 1924
    Targeted immigrants based on their nation of origin rather than ethnicity or religion.

  • Nationality Act of 1940

    Nationality Act of 1940
    Required nationality at Birth.

  • Immigration Reform Act

    Immigration Reform Act
    Granted a path to citizenship to illegal immigrants who had been in the United States before 1982 but made it a crime to hire an illegal immigrant.

  • Immigration Act of 1990

    Immigration Act of 1990
    Increased the total immigration limit to 700,000 and increased visas by 40 percent.

  • Arizona SB 1070 Act

    Any immigrant in the state of Arizona has to be registered in the government.

  • Alabama HB 56 Citizen's Protection Act

    Alabama HB 56 Citizen's Protection Act
    It is regarded as the nation's strictest anti-illegal immigration law.