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U.S. Immigration polocies
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
It allowed Mexicans that lived in the Southwest of U.S. to choose to become citizens. -
Contract label law
allowed recruiting of foreign labor. -
Henderson v. Mayor of New York
declared all state laws governing immigration unconstitutional -
Chinese Exclusion Act
This prohibited the Chinese from becoming citizens. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclustion Act was and act that was meant to kick out all of the chinese for mining all of the Americans gold. -
Immigration Act
A geographical problem was used to keep Asian Indians out because their racial or ethnic status was unclear. -
Immigration and Nationality Act
It admitted a certain amount of each nationality in the U.S. -
Immigrant Act
Eliminated immigration quotas, establishing new criteria for immigrants. -
Refugee Act
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The Refugee Act
was created to provide a permanent and systematic procedure for the admission to the United States of refugees of special humanitarian concern to the U.S -
Immigrant Reform and Control Act
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Amerasian Homecoming Act
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Immigration Act
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California Prop 187 Act
The law restricted illegal immigrants from using public education, using health care and other social services.