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 >>Naturalization Act of 1870 Full title An Act to amend the Naturalization Laws and to punish Crimes against the same, and for other Purposes. Enacted by the 41st United States Congress Citations Stat. 16Stat.254-256 Legislative history Introduced in the Ho
Continue reading >>The Naturalization Act, passed by Congress on June 18, 1798 (1 Stat. 566), increased the amount of time necessary for immigrants to become naturalizedcitizens in the United States from five to fourteen years.
Continue reading >>The original United States Naturalization Law of March 26, 1790 (1 Stat. 103) provided the first rules to be followed by the United States in the granting of national citizenship. This law limited naturalization to immigrants who were "free white persons"
Continue reading >>The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), Pub.L. 99-603, 100 Stat. 3359, enacted November 6, 1986, also Simpson-Mazzoli Act, is an Act of Congress which reformed United States immigration law.
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