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 >>The War Brides Act (Public Law 271) was enacted on December 28, 1945 to allow the non-Asian spouses, natural children, and adopted children of United States military personnel to enter the U.S. after World War II.[1] More than 100,000 entered the United S
Continue reading >>The War Brides Act (Public Law 271) was enacted on December 28, 1945 to allow the non-Asian spouses, natural children, and adopted children of United States military personnel to enter the U.S. after World War II.[1] More than 100,000 entered the United S
Continue reading >>The US-Mexico border fence near El Paso, Texas. The Secure Fence Act of 2006 authorizes the construction of 700 additional miles of the double chain link and barbed wire fences with light and infrared camera poles.
Continue reading >>The United States Refugee Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-212) was an amendment to the earlier Immigration and Nationality Act and the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act, and was created to provide a permanent and systematic procedure for the admission to th
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