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  1. Feb 16, 2021 · Effect of the Immigration Act of 1917 . To say the least, the Immigration Act of 1917 had the impact desired by its supporters. According to the Migration Policy Institute, only about 110,000 new immigrants were allowed to enter the United States in 1918, compared to more than 1.2 million in 1913.

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  2. On August 2, 2017, Senators Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and David Perdue (R-Ga.) introduced a bill to modify the country's immigration system, the Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy Act. The bill would move away from the system of awarding visas based on various categories of employment and instead implement a points-based system.

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  4. Feb 18, 2021 · If passed, the long-anticipated bill, known as the US Citizenship Act of 2021, would mark the most sweeping reform of the US immigration system since 1986 — and would be a rebuke of former ...

  5. That after three months from the passage of this Act, in addition to the aliens who are by law now excluded from admission into the United States, the following persons shall also be excluded from admission thereto, to wit: All aliens over sixteen years of age, physically capable of reading, who can not read the English language, or some other ...

  6. Immigration Act of 1917; Other short titles: Asiatic Barred Zone Act: Long title: An Act to regulate the immigration of aliens to, and the residence of aliens in, the United States. Enacted by: the 64th United States Congress: Citations; Public law: Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 64–301: Statutes at Large: 39 Stat. 874 ...

    • An Act to regulate the immigration of aliens to, and the residence of aliens in, the United States.
    • the 64th United States Congress
    • Asiatic Barred Zone Act
  7. Aug 3, 2021 · As with the 1921, 1924, and 1952 acts, the 1965 Immigration and Nationality (Hart‐ Celler) Act did not count spouses, minor children, or the parents of U.S. citizens over the age of 21 against ...

  8. Feb 8, 2024 · As the Covid-19 pandemic exploded in 2020, moreover, the Trump administration employed emergency public health measures to all but close the southern border to unauthorized border crossers.