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Naturalization Act
The Naturalization Act, passed by the United States Congress on June 18, 1798 it increased the period necessary for immigrants to become naturalized citizens in the United Staes from 5 to 14 years. The Act was initally intended to decrease the number of voters who disagreed with the Federalists political party. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidaglo
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo officially entitled the trety of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic, is the peace treaty signed on Feburary 2, 1848, in the Vila de Guadalupe Hidalgo between the United States and Mexico that ended the Mexican-American War. -
Homestead Act
The Homestead Act, enacted during the Civil War in 1862, provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. governemtn could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land. Claimants were required to "improve" the plot by building a dwelling and the property, free and clear, except for a small registration fee. -
Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution began on November 20, 1910 and continued for a decade. The United States was significantly affected by the human dislocation that resulted. If someone did not want to fight, the only alternative was to leave the country and over 890,000 Mexicans did just that by legally emigrating during the second decade of the 20th century. -
Immigration Act of 1917
This act added to the number of undesirables banned from entering the country including but not limited to "homosexuals", "idiots", "feeble-minded persons", "criminals", "insane persons" etc. It barred all immigrants over the age of sixteen who were illiterate. -
The Emercengy Quota Act
The Emergency Quota Act restricted immigration into the United States. Although intended as temporary legislation, the Act proved in the long run the most important turning-point in American immigration policy because it added two new features to American immigration law. -
Immigration Act of 1924
The Immigration Act 0f 1924 was a United States federal law that limited the annual number of immigrants who would be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United State in 1890, down from the 3% cap set by the Immigration Restriction Act of 1921. -
US Border Patrol
The US Border Patrol was founded on May 28, 1924, as an agency of the United States Department of Labor to prevent illegal entries along the Mexico/United States border and the United States/Canada border. -
Alien Registration Act of 1940
The Alien Registration Act of 1940 is a United States federal statute enacted June 29, 1940 that set a criminal penalties for advocating the overthrow of the US goverment and required all non-citizen adult residents to registar with the government. -
Immigration Act of 1965
The Immigration Act of 1965 abolished the National Origins Formula that had been in place in the United States since the Emergency Quota Act. -
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
This Act reuired employers to attest to their employees' immigration status, made it legal to hire or recruit illegal immigrants knowingly, legalized certains seasonal agricultural illegal immigrants and legalized illegal immigrants who entered the United States before January 1, 1982 and had resided there continously with the penalty of a fine, back taxes due and admission guilt. -
Illegal Immigration Reform & Immigrant Responsiblity Act of 1996
The act states that 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. -
Arizona SB 1070
The Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act is a legislative Act in the US state of Arizona that at the time of passage in 2010 was the broadest and strictest anti-illegal immigration measure in a long time. US fedral law requires all aliens over the age of 14 who remain in the United States for longer than 30 days to registar with the US government and to have registration documents in their possession at all time; violation ot this requirement is a federal misdemeanor crime. -
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
This is an American immigration policy which allows certain illegal immigrants who entered the country before their 16th birthday and before June 2007 to receive renewable two-year work permit and exemption from deportation. -
Senate approves Legislation 68-32
The Senate passes the most monumental overhaul of US immigration laws in a generation, which would clear the way for millions of undocumented residents to have a chance at citizenship, attract workers from all over the world and devote unprecedented resources for security along the US-Mexico border.
