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Economics 623 Autumn 2012 Prof J.R.Walker Page 1 Important dates of U.S. Federal Immigration Legislation 1790 Nationalization Act citizenship 1795 Naturalization Act citizenship 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts 1882 First federal immigration law: Chinese Exclusion Acts 1885 Foran Act prohibits important of contract labor 1897 Literacy Test defeated in Congress (by 2 votes) 1917 Literacy Test for immigrants passed 1921 Emergency immigration restriction law introduces quota system 1924 National Origins Act adopted 1929 National Origins Act becomes operative 1946 War Brides Act provides for admission of foreign–born wives of servicemen 1948 Displaced Persons Act 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act (McCarren and Walters) 1953 Refugee Relief Act 1962 Migration and Refugee Assistance Act 1965 Immigration Act of 1965 ends national origins quota system 1975 Indochina Migration and Assistance Act 1976 Immigration and Nationality Act extends preference system to Western Hemisphere Countries 1980 Refugee Act, raises annual refugee ceiling to 50,000 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act 1990 Immigration Act of 1990 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement 2002 Homeland Security Act
