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This Act excluded certain people from their entry into the United States. These people would go from convicts of certain crimes to the sick or diseased. The Immigration Act of 1891 created a federal office for immigration and sent inspectors to entry ports such as Ellis Island.

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The United States government came to the realization that the population was surging and how this would affect life for all Americans. They created an organization to monitor immigration. They processed immigrants and enforced restrictions.

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The largest immigration port in the United States is opened, changing how we view immigration today. Between 1892 and its close in 1954, more than 12 million immigrants were processed there.

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This Act was directed towards Chinese citizens and required them to carry Certificates of Residence. This was a result of economic and cultural conflicts in the California area. It was also due to racial discrimination.

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The Immigration Restriction League was yet another method of trying to control immigration to the United States. It was founded by three Harvard Graduates and included different ways to keep immigration lowered such as advocating for a literacy test.

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A Supreme Court case ruling that immigrants should be protected from certain unconstitutional punishments. These punishments were enforced when immigrants were in detention and included

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The Immigration Act of 1903 legalized exclusion of anarchists and strengthened the government in targeting them. This helped the government deport anarchists. This was also due to the fact that President McKinley was assassinated by an anarchists as well.

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Immigration to the United States peaks with a record 1,300,000 immigrants entering through Ellis Island solely.

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These laws were passed as yet another act of discrimination against Asian-Americans by banning "Alien ineligible for citizenship" from being able to own or lease land. This targeted Japanese-Americans because of their agricultural significance, especially in the west.

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This heightened immigration restrictions during World War I. This act targeted anarchists and other radicals. This also resulted in higher fears of the widening of radicalism coming from Europe.