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Immigration


1988 U.S. accept immigration of 30,000 U.S. - Vietnamese children

1986 Reagan signs landmark immigration reform bill

1986 U.S. Senate approved immigration bill prohibiting hiring of illegal aliens and offered amnesty to illegals who entered prior to 1982

1983 Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program

1972 American Museum of Immigration dedicated

1961 Great Britain limits immigration from Commonwealth countries

1954 Ellis Island, immigration station in New York Harbor, closed

1950 Dutch 1st Chamber accept Laws on immigration

1937 German immigration officials with no explanation bar Juan Carlos Zabala (Arg), 1932 Olympic marathon champion, from entering Germany

1929 U.S. Immigration law of 1924 in effect

1924 President Coolidge signs Immigration law: restricting immigration

1923 Samuel Selvon, born in Trinidad, author, writer-in-residence, University of Calgary, Canada, wrote 'The Lonely Londoners', focusing on West Indians' immigration to Britain, cultural differences

1921 Congress sharply curbs immigration, setting a national quota system

1919 U.S. House of Representatives restricts immigration

1917 Congress overrides Wilson's veto, curtailing Asian immigration

1915 U.S. President Wilson refuses to prohibit immigration of illiterates

1910 U.S. forbid immigration to criminals, anarchists, paupers and the sick

1905 Part of Angel Island allocated for Immigration Detention Center

1900 New Ellis Island Immigration station completed costing $1.5 million

1894 Congress creates Bureau of Immigration

1891 Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Department) created

1890 Ellis Island, in New York City, opens as a U.S. immigration depot

1890 Ellis Island designated as an immigration station

1882 Congress passes 1st law restricting immigration

1882 Chinese Exclusion Act: U.S. Congress ceases Chinese immigration

1855 New York City regains Castle Clinton, to be used for immigration

1819 U.S. passed its 1st immigration law


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