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Dec 21, 2018 · A timeline of U.S. immigration shows how, from the 1600s to today, the United States became a nation of people from hundreds of cultures, languages and beliefs.
- Missy Sullivan
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Feb 1, 2017 · Industrialization brought millions of Europeans to the United States, who found work in the factories of northeastern and midwestern cities. In the following decades, immigration slowed. World War I and a stricter quota system saw fewer than 700,000 people granted lawful permanent resident status in the US in the 1930s.
U.S. President Harry Truman signing into law the Luce–Celler Act in 1946 [ 74 ] In 1945, the War Brides Act allowed foreign-born wives of U.S. citizens who had served in the U.S. Armed Forces to immigrate to the United States. In 1946, the War Brides Act was extended to include the fiancés of American soldiers.
Russia's May Laws severely restrict the ability of Jewish citizens to live and work in Russia. The country's instability prompts more than three million Russians to immigrate to the United States over three decades. Chinese The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 suspends immigration of Chinese laborers under penalty of imprisonment and deportation.
Jan 20, 2021 · 1787 - Founding Fathers draw up new constitution for United States of America. Constitution comes into effect in 1788. 1789 - George Washington elected first president of USA. 1791 - Bill of ...
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The Pew Research Center estimated that, in 2007, the Mexican unauthorized population in the United States was 6.7 million; by 2014, it had dropped to 5.6 million. 24 While Mexicans represented 28 percent of all immigrants in the United States in 2013, by 2017 their proportion was down to 25.4 percent, mainly because of increasing migration from Central America.
