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Boris Kowerda, Russian exile convicted of the 1927 assassination of Pyotr Voykov, Soviet ambassador to Poland, was allowed to immigrate to the U.S. from Germany.Voykov was assassinated at a Warsaw railway station by Kowerda, purportedly in retaliation for Voykov's having signed the death warrants in 1918 for Tsar Nicholas II and the Russian Imperial Family.
The law that changed the face of America: the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015). Tichenor, Daniel (September 2016). "The Historical Presidency: Lyndon Johnson's Ambivalent Reform: The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965: LBJ's Ambivalent Reform". Presidential Studies Quarterly. 46 (3): 691–705.
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 ...
A 1929 Act added provisions for prior deportees, who, 60 days after the act took effect, would be convicted of a felony whether their deportation occurred before or after the law was enacted. [18] The Sabath Act [ 19 ] (45 Stat 1545, 4 March 1929, ch 683, Public Law 1101, H. R. 16440, 70th Congress) made provision in relation to declarations of ...
The first comprehensive federal immigration legislation in the history of the U.S., the 1924 law solidified features of the immigration system with us today: visa requirements, the Border Patrol ...
Shortly after the American Civil War, some states started to pass their own immigration laws, which prompted the U.S. Supreme Court to rule in 1875 that immigration was a federal responsibility. [50] In 1875, the nation passed its first immigration law, the Page Act of 1875, also known as the Asian Exclusion Act. It outlawed the importation of ...
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, also known as the Hart–Celler Act, abolished the system of national-origin quotas. By equalizing immigration policies, the act resulted in new immigration from non-European nations, which changed the ethnic demographics of the United States. [54]
The 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act was designed to suspend Chinese immigration to the United States, and deport Chinese residents that were termed as illegally residing in the country. The types of individuals that could be deported from the United States was later reclassified to include those who were insane or carrying a disease, convicts ...