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Encyclopedia > List of United States Immigration Acts

There have been a number of Immigration Acts in the United States.

  • The Immigration Act of 1924 aimed at restricting Southern and Eastern European immigration.
  • The National Origins Formula was established in 1929. Total annual immigration was capped at 150,000. Asians were excluded but residents of nations in the Americas were not restricted.
  • The Immigration and Nationality Act (or McCarran-Walter Act) of 1952 somewhat liberalized immigration from Asia, but increased the power of the government to deport aliens suspected of Communist sympathies.
  • The Immigration Act of 1965 discontinued quotas based on national origin, while preference given to those who have U.S. relatives.
  • The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 granted amnesty to aliens who had been in the United States before 1982 but made it a crime to hire an illegal alien.
  • The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 vastly expanded the categories of criminal activity for which both documented and undocumented immigrants can be deported.

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There have been many other laws that have also affected immigration and naturalization:


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