Impact Of The Naturalization Act Of 1790
The United States of America is one great country that grants many freedoms and rights to the people that inhabit it. Unlike many other countries in today’s society we have built a strong Government that is backed by an ever-expanding system of laws. These laws all start from ideas and then evolve into full-fledged laws that we must abide by. These “ideas” are known as bills and it takes a length process for it to become a law. When bills are starting the process to become laws the entire process contains many different steps that have to completed, on top of that it has to be approved by many people, which makes it even more difficult. Before anything happens the first thing that has to take place is the legislation being introduced which
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The constitution gave the United States Congress the power to establish a uniform rule of naturalization. Congress in 1790 passed the first naturalization law for the United States, the Naturalization Act of 1790. The impact that this law had was very great, it allowed people who lived in America for two or more years and kept their current residence for a year or more to bale to apply for citizenship. This Naturalization Act of 1790 is the basis for immigration and naturalization acts throughout the United States. Many years later in the 20th century, specifically in 1921 the United States would eventually pass the Emergency Quota Act, which finally established national immigration quotas. The act restricted immigration into America. In 1932 President Roosevelt and the State Department had made immigration drop in huge numbers. The numbers had dropped from 236,000 in 1929 to 23,000 in 1933, which is less than 10% of the original number. This large decrease in immigration worked hand I hand with the repatriation to Europe and Mexico that was enforced. 500,000 European’s were deported and as many as 2 million Mexican Americans were also deported. This led to the total immigration of the decade to average to about 528,000. As the restrictions on immigration become more visible to the American people and government laws and permanent acts start to be put into
The constitution gave the United States Congress the power to establish a uniform rule of naturalization. Congress in 1790 passed the first naturalization law for the United States, the Naturalization Act of 1790. The impact that this law had was very great, it allowed people who lived in America for two or more years and kept their current residence for a year or more to bale to apply for citizenship. This Naturalization Act of 1790 is the basis for immigration and naturalization acts throughout the United States. Many years later in the 20th century, specifically in 1921 the United States would eventually pass the Emergency Quota Act, which finally established national immigration quotas. The act restricted immigration into America. In 1932 President Roosevelt and the State Department had made immigration drop in huge numbers. The numbers had dropped from 236,000 in 1929 to 23,000 in 1933, which is less than 10% of the original number. This large decrease in immigration worked hand I hand with the repatriation to Europe and Mexico that was enforced. 500,000 European’s were deported and as many as 2 million Mexican Americans were also deported. This led to the total immigration of the decade to average to about 528,000. As the restrictions on immigration become more visible to the American people and government laws and permanent acts start to be put into