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Beginning of Colonial Immigration; English Settlers Arrive in America
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Massachusetts Prohibits "Lame, Impotent, or Infirm Persons" from Entering
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Pennsylvania’s Immigration Law Ignored by Ship Masters; New Tax and Health Inspections Imposed on Immigrants
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Articles of Confederation Kept Citizenship and Naturalization of Immigrants under Individual States' Control
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First Alien Naturalization Act Enacted by the Newly Created US Government
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Foreign Slave Trade Becomes Illegal
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Irish Immigration to US Begins along with Anti-Irish Sentiments in US
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Naturalizations of Germans and Irish Are Expedited and Offered Free of Charge During Election Time
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Supreme Court Rules That Congress Alone Can Regulate Immigration
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The President assigns an immigration issues representative. While Congress makes efforts to consolidate control over the immigration issues
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Chinese Immigration to the United States Increases During the Gold Rush
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Penalties increase for Transporting Asians to the United States
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First "Great Wave" of European Immigrate to the United States
"[T]he first great wave of European immigration did not come until the 1880s. Previous events such as the Irish potato famine of 1845, the Gold Rush in 1849 and failed revolutions in Germany and France in 1848 led to the immigration of more than one million people by the 1850s." "History of American Immigration," www.immigrationarchive.com (accessed N0V. 26, 2016) -
Chinese Exclusion Act Passes and Immigration Exclusion Era Begins
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Supreme Court Confirms That 14th Amendment Gives Citizenship to All Persons Born in the United States
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President Obama Announced Executive Action to Prevent Deportation of Millions of Immigrants in the United States Illegally
