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This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Many acts of Congress and executive actions relating to immigration to the United States and citizenship of the United States have been enacted in the United States. Most immigration and nationality laws are codified in Title 8 of the United ...
Pages in category "United States federal immigration and nationality legislation" The following 82 pages are in this category, out of 82 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Wilkins, 112 U.S. 94 (1884) – Court held that even though Elk was born in the United States, he was not a citizen because he owed allegiance to his tribe when he was born rather than to the U.S. and therefore was not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States when he was born.
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The United States Congress has authority over immigration policy in the United States, and it delegates enforcement to the Department of Homeland Security. Historically, the United States went through a period of loose immigration policy in the early-19th century followed by a period of strict immigration policy in the late-19th and early-20th ...
Immigration Act of 1903; Immigration Act of 1907; Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952; Immigration and Nationality Act Section 212(f) Immigration and Nationality Act Section 287(g) Immigration reform in the United States; In re Weitzman; In-state tuition for undocumented Utah students; Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act
Second, Trump would go a step further with a law to "outlaw the practice," thereby making it mandatory for authorities to turn those migrants over to the feds. Expand travel ban, screenings
Laborers in the United States and laborers with work visas received a certificate of residency and were allowed to travel in and out of the United States. Amendments made in 1884 tightened the provisions that allowed previous immigrants to leave and return, and clarified that the law applied to ethnic Chinese regardless of their country of origin.