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Chinese Exclusion Act
prohibited Chinese workers from entering the United States. -
National Origins Act
proposed limiting the number of immigrants to be accepted from each country. -
The Displaced Persons Act
allowed for the admission of more than 400,000 refugees left homeless by World War II and the imposition of Soviet communism in Eastern Europe -
Immigaration and Nationality Act
replaced the old quotas with a set of seven preference categories -
Refugee Act
allowed refugees to enter America because they are unable or unwilling to return to their original country because of persecution on the account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion." -
Illegal Immigration Reform & Immigration Responsibility Act
is an effort by Congress to strengthen and streamline U.S. immigration laws.