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2 days ago · 100 years after the Immigration Act of 1924, historians discussed its legacy, how limits on immigration became a federal issue, and how it continues to affect different groups today. This program ...
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3 days ago · 100 years after the Immigration Act of 1924, historians discussed its legacy, how limits on immigration became a federal issue, and how it continues to affect different groups today. This program was part of the 2024 Organization of American Historians conference in New Orleans. Sponsor: Organization of American Historians
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4 days ago · The origins date back almost a century, when Congress enacted the Registry Act of 1929. That law allowed undocumented immigrants who arrived before 1921 a potential path to citizenship if they paid a $20 fee (equivalent to about $346 today). Congress changed that cutoff date several more times over the subsequent decades.
5 days ago · November 30, 2023, Video: "The role of immigration in shaping the nation's economy remains a hotly contested area of debate. Factors such as the real economic benefits of high-skilled versus low-skilled immigrants, the impact of immigration on native employment, and the role of policy in shaping these dynamics stand at the forefront of this national conversation."
3 days ago · After the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 barred Chinese immigration and made it nearly impossible for Chinese to become naturalized citizens, efforts to restrict European immigration increased. In the same year, the Immigration Act for the first time levied a “head tax†(initially fifty cents a person) intended to finance enforcement ...
3 days ago · Congress Passes the First Immigration Law. In March 1790, the newly-formed Congress passed a law establishing the rules for becoming a citizen. Under the law, only "free white persons" who had been in the United States for at least two years were eligible for citizenship, thus excluding free and enslaved African-Americans, indentured servants, Native-Americans, and later Asian-Americans.
5 days ago · A new book by Greg Prieto, PhD, aims to cut through common narratives and half-truths that surround the immigration debate and provide a short, fact-based primer on immigration in the United States. “Myth and Reality in the U.S. Immigration Debate” (Routledge) gives readers a sense of the empirical reality and history behind immigration so that they can enter the debate with both facts and ...
