Bracero redirects here. For the sportscaster, see Rafael Bracero. The first Braceros arrive in Los Angeles by train in 1942. Photograph by Dorothea Lange The Bracero Program (named for the Spanish term bracero, strong-arm) was a series of laws and diploma
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The Emergency Quota Act, also known as the Emergency Immigration Act of 1921, the Immigration Restriction Act of 1921, the Per Centum Law, and the Johnson Quota Act (ch. 8, 42 Stat. 5 of May 19, 1921) restricted immigration into the United States. Althoug
Continue reading >>Like many other immigrants, Chinese were drawn to the United States—initially to participate in the California Gold Rush of 1849, then moving on to railroad construction, farming, and work in cities. An 1868 treaty (named theBurlingame Treaty after one of
Continue reading >>After the Civil War and the subsequent abolition of slavery, Congress enacted the Civil Rights Act of 1866. One provision of this law declared as citizens, not only the freed slaves, but "all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreig
Continue reading >>United States citizenship law is founded on two traditional principles—jus soli ("right of the soil"; also called the "common law" doctrine), and jus sanguinis ("right of the blood"; also called the "law of nations" or "international" doctrine).
Continue reading >>The custody and immigration status of a young Cuban boy, Elin Gonzlez (born December 6, 1993), was at the center of a heated 2000 controversy involving the governments of Cuba and the United States, Gonzlezs father, Juan Miguel Gonzlez Quintana, Gonzlezs
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