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This was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States.

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This act created the office of the superintendint of immigration in the treasure department. They over saw new corps of immigration in specters stationed at the countries princible pots of entry.

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This was when there was an estimate of 12 million immigrants passed through ellis island. This served as the nations major immigration station.

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This Act allowed the president to make an agreement with japan to limit the number of japanese immigrants.

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This act expanded the list of prohibited immigrants and gave the goverment great discretionary authority concerning the admisibility and deportion of immigration.

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This detention center carried the act of immigration rules and checked for diseases. the islands main purpose was to enforce a very specific law.

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This established a literacy requirment for immigrants entering the country and halts immigration from most Asian Countries.

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The goverment excluded certain groups from entering the country. Including Communists, Mennonites, Docthobs, and other groups with particular religious practices.

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This limited the number of immigrants allowed to enter into the United States through a national orgins quota.

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This established to crack down on illegal immigrants crossing the Mexican and the Canadian borders into the United States.