3rd of August, 1882, the US Congress passed a new Immigration Act that stated that a 50 cents tax would be levied on all aliens landing at United States ports. The money collected was to be used to defray the expenses of regulating immigration and for the care of immigrants after landing. The head tax money was also used to pay the federal immigration agents, and independent immigration agencies throughout the United States.
1907 Immigration Act
The Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907 was an informal agreement between the United States and the Empire of Japan concerning the controversial issues of immigration and racial segregation. The immediate cause of the Agreement was anti-Japanese racism in California, which had become increasingly xenophobic after the Japanese won the Russo-Japanese War. On 11 October 1906, the San Francisco, California Board of Education had passed a regulation whereby children of Japanese descent would be required to attend racially segregated sep
arate schools. At the time, Japanese immigrants made up approximately 1% of the population of California; many of them had come under the treaty in 1894 which had assured free immigration from Japan.1924 Immigration Act
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Also called Johnson-Reed Act, including the National Origins Act, Asian Exclusion Act, (43 Statutes-at-Large 153) was a United States federal law that limited the number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States in 1890, according to the Census of 1890. It excluded the immigration of Asians. It superseded the 1921 Emergency Quota Act. The law was aimed at further restricting the Southern and Eastern Europeans who had begun to enter the country in large numbers beginning in the 1890s, as well as East Asian and Asian Indians, who were prohibited from immigrating entirely….
Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943 src="http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/immigration/images/baby.jpg" border=0>[Photograph of Chun Jan Yut in 1893 taken by an immigrant agency to investigate a case related to the Chinese Exclusion Acts. (National Archives) ]
It allowed Chinese immigration for the first time since the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, and permitted Chinese nationals already residing in the country to become naturalized citizens. This marked the first time since the Naturalization Act of 1790 that any Asians were permitted to be naturalized.
Immigration and Nationality Act (1952)
The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) of 1952 (also known as the McCarran-Walter Act) restricted immigration into the U.S. and is codified under Title 8 of the United States Code. The Act governs primarily immigration and citizenship in the United States. Before the INA, a variety of statutes governed immigration law but were not organized within one body of text. As a result of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the INA has undergone a major restructuring beginning in March 2003 and its provisions regarding the admissibility and removability of terrorist suspects has received much media and scholarly attention.
1965 Immigration Act
In 1965 Lyndon Baines Johnson managed to persuade Congress to pass a new Immigration Act. This is a new legislation brought to an end quotas based on national origin. Instead, the main factor of selection was the occupation of the applicant. Preference was given to those who had relatives already in the United States. Race, religion, color and national origin, was no longer factors in the selective process.
Also called Johnson-Reed Act, including the National Origins Act, Asian Exclusion Act, (43 Statutes-at-Large 153) was a United States federal law that limited the number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States in 1890, according to the Census of 1890. It excluded the immigration of Asians. It superseded the 1921 Emergency Quota Act. The law was aimed at further restricting the Southern and Eastern Europeans who had begun to enter the country in large numbers beginning in the 1890s, as well as East Asian and Asian Indians, who were prohibited from immigrating entirely….
Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943 src="http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/immigration/images/baby.jpg" border=0>[Photograph of Chun Jan Yut in 1893 taken by an immigrant agency to investigate a case related to the Chinese Exclusion Acts. (National Archives) ]
It allowed Chinese immigration for the first time since the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, and permitted Chinese nationals already residing in the country to become naturalized citizens. This marked the first time since the Naturalization Act of 1790 that any Asians were permitted to be naturalized.
Immigration and Nationality Act (1952)
The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) of 1952 (also known as the McCarran-Walter Act) restricted immigration into the U.S. and is codified under Title 8 of the United States Code. The Act governs primarily immigration and citizenship in the United States. Before the INA, a variety of statutes governed immigration law but were not organized within one body of text. As a result of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the INA has undergone a major restructuring beginning in March 2003 and its provisions regarding the admissibility and removability of terrorist suspects has received much media and scholarly attention.
1965 Immigration Act
In 1965 Lyndon Baines Johnson managed to persuade Congress to pass a new Immigration Act. This is a new legislation brought to an end quotas based on national origin. Instead, the main factor of selection was the occupation of the applicant. Preference was given to those who had relatives already in the United States. Race, religion, color and national origin, was no longer factors in the selective process.
The Act made it illegal to knowingly hire or recruit undocumented immigrants (immigrants who do not possess lawful work authorization), required employers to attest to their employees' immigration status, and granted amnesty to undocumented immigrants who entered the United States before January 1, 1982 and had resided there continuously.
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
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On September 30, 1996, the increases in criminal penalties for immigration-related offenses, authorization for increases in enforcement personnel, and enhanced enforcement authority…The 96 Act undertakes a comprehensive reorganization of the process of removal for inadmissible and deportable aliens, including a provision for the expedited removal of inadmissible aliens arriving at ports of entry. The 96 Act requires the conducting of three types of employment authorization verification pilot programs…
On September 30, 1996, the increases in criminal penalties for immigration-related offenses, authorization for increases in enforcement personnel, and enhanced enforcement authority…The 96 Act undertakes a comprehensive reorganization of the process of removal for inadmissible and deportable aliens, including a provision for the expedited removal of inadmissible aliens arriving at ports of entry. The 96 Act requires the conducting of three types of employment authorization verification pilot programs…
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