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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 ...
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.
Historically, immigration to the United States has been regulated through a series of Naturalization Acts and Immigration Acts. Since 2003, the Department of Homeland Security has been responsible for carrying out immigration policy in the United States, and the department has three agencies that oversee immigration.
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 .
Participants in debates on immigration in the early 21st century called for increasing enforcement of existing laws governing illegal immigration to the United States, building a barrier along some or all of the 2,000-mile (3,200 km) Mexico-U.S. border, or creating a new guest worker program. Through much of 2006 the country and Congress was ...
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
The bill would have made sweeping changes across the board to the United States immigration, visa, and border control system, including reversal and Congressional prohibition of many of the immigration-related executive actions of former president Donald Trump; providing a path to legal residence and eventual citizenship for as many as 11 ...