history of xenophobes
Category: Other
Updated: 6 Nov 2019
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Created bySilpa Chinnakotla
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1849
america's first
anti-immigration
political party
(know-nothing party)
forms.1892
ellis island, the
first federal
immigration
station, opened
its doors1924
united states border patrol
was establishedImmigration Act of 1924
new immigration nationality
quotas favored those from
northern and western europeImmigration and Naturalization Act of 1965
outlined increased caps of immigrants from every
country. less immigrants were allowed into the nationSimpson-Mazzoli Act of 1986
amnesty was granted to three million illegal immigrants2001
dream act proposed and rejected2002
homeland security act was introduced
by the department of homeland
security to prevent terrorism
in the united states2010
dream act passed2017
first mention of the travel ban
by the trump administration2018
updated travel ban with seven
additional countriesPeriods
Naturalization Act of 1790
highlighted the first rules
to acquire citizenship in the
united states. states that one
must live in the united states
for years before citizenship
was granted.Chinese Exclusion Act (1882 - 1952)
this act, passed in 1882,
barred chinese immigrants
from entering the united
states. was repealed by the
mccarran-walter act of 1952.
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