mar 2, 1819 - Steerage Act of 1819
Description:
DescriptionA law passed by the US requiring better conditions on ships entering the country and requiring ship captains to submit demographic passenger information as a response to many immigrants arriving sick or dead in cramped conditions
Reasoning
This law was created in direct response to problems in the immigration process, making it one of the first laws created to improve the immigration process. It also created the first records on the race and country of origin of US immigrants
Added to timeline:
Date:
mar 2, 1819
Now
~ 207 years ago