U.S. History: Immigration: Legal, Legislation, Law
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| Author | Title | Edition | Format | Price | Puborg |
| 1819: Steerage Act [no text] | 1819 | none | |||
| 1847: Passenger Act [no text] | 1847 | none | |||
| 1855: Passenger Act [no text] | 1855 | none | |||
| 1862: Homestead Act, May 20, 1862 | 1876 | Html | PBS | ||
| 1864: Act to Encourage Immigration [no text; Civl War, to encourage replacement immigrant labor] | 1864 | ||||
| 1875: March 3, 1875. (18 Stat. 477; anti-Chinese "coolie" labor; denies entry to prostitutes & criminals; no T | 1875 | ||||
| 1882: Chinese Exclusion Act | 1882 | Html | Free | MtHolyoke | |
| 1882: Chinese Exclusion Act | 1882 | Html | Free | CivicsOnline | |
| 1884: Chinese Exclusion Act [July 5, 1884; extends exclusion for another 10 years] | 1885 | Free | MtHolyoke | ||
| 1885: Alien Contract Labor Law 1885 [no text; restricts contract labor] | 1885 | Free | |||
| 1891: Immigration Act of 1891 [no text; added exlusions to paupers, idiots, the insane, diseased persons, con | 1891 | Html | Free | ||
| 1892: The Geary Act of 1892 [anti-Chinese; extended for 10 years the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882] | 1892 | Html | Free | Geary.com | |
| 1902: Chinese Exclusion Act renewed, w/no ending date | 1902 | Free | |||
| 1903: Act of February 14, 1903. (32 Statutes-at-Large 825) [no text; restrictive] | 1903 | Free | |||
| 1903: Immigration Act of March 3, 1903 (32 Statutes-at-Large 1213) [no text; excludes polygamists & political | 1903 | Free | |||
| 1906: Naturalization Act of June 29, 1906 (34 Statutes-at-Large 596) [no text: knowledge of English required] | 1906 | Free | |||
| 1907: Immigration Act of Feb 20, 1907 (34 Statutes-at-Large 898) [no text; increases head tax; excludes mental | 1907 | Free | |||
| 1907: US - Japan "Gentlemen's Agreement" [re Japanese immigration] | 1907 | Free | |||
| 1913: California Alien Land Law [Chinese & Japanese prohibited from owning property in Calif.] | 1913 | Free | |||
| 1917: Immigration Act of Feb 5, 1917 (39 Statutes-at-Large 874) [no text; excludes Asians, illiterates, psycho | 1917 | Free | |||
| 1919: First Red Scare | 1919 | Html | Free | DigitalBookIdx | |
| 1921: Emergency Quota Law of May 19, 1921 (42 Statutes-at-Large 5) [no text; sets temp. annual quotas] | 1921 | Html | Free | UnivKarlova | |
| 1921: Immigration Act of 1921 (US Statutues at Large, v42, 1921) | 1921 | Html | Free | UnivKarlova | |
| 1922: The Cable Act [repeals Expatriation Act but women who marries Asia still loses citizenship] | 1922 | ||||
| 1924: Immigration Act of May 26, 1924 (43 Statutes-at-Large 153) [prohibits Asians; w/1917 law, governing law | 1924 | Html | Free | UnivKarlova | |
| 1940: Alien Registration Act [requires registration & fingerprinting of aliens] | 1940 | Html | Free | UnivKarlova | |
| 1948: Displaced Persons Act of June 25, 1948 (62 Statutes-at-Large 1009) [1st US law to permit those fleeing p | 1948 | Html | Free | UnivKarlova | |
| 1950: Act of June 16, 1950. (64 Statutes-at-Large 219) [new restrictive legis.; fear of communism] | 1950 | Free | |||
| 1950: Internal Security Act of September 22, 1950 (64 Statutes-at-Large 987) [excl. subversives; aliens requi | 1950 | Html | Free | UnivKarlova | |
| 1952: Immigration & Nationality Act of June 27, 1952 (INA) (66 Statutes-at-Large 163) [affirms national origin | 1952 | Html | Free | UnivKarlova | |
| 1960: Act of July 14, 1960 (74 Statutes-at-Large 504) | 1960 | Free | |||
| 1965: Immigration & Nationality Act Amendments of October 3, 1965 (79 Statutes-at-Large 911) [abolised nationa | 1965 | Free | UnivKarlova | ||
| 1975: Indochina Migration & Refugee Assistance Act of May 23, 1975 (89 Statutes-at-Large 87) [resettlement for | 1975 | Free | |||
| 1980: Refugee Act of March 17, 1980 (94 Statutes-at-Large 102) [removed refugees; reestab. refugee status; red | 1980 | Free | |||
| 1986: Immigration Reform and Control Act of November 6, 1986 (IRCA) (100 Statutes-at-Large 3359) [legalized al | 1986 | Free | |||
| 1990: Immigration Act of Nov 29, 1990 (104 Statutes-at-Large 4978) [comprehensive legis; increased quotas] | 1990 | Free | |||
| 1996: Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of September 30, 1996 (IIRIRA) (110 Statutes | 1996 | Free | |||
| Immigration Legislative Sources [bibliography] | n.d. | Html | Free | UMaryland | |
| Protest of New York Japanese [Calif., land tenure; Alien Land law; US-Japan relations; Oriental Review, May-J | 1913 | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard | |
| The National German-Amer. Alliance & its allies--pro-German brewers & liquor dealers: A Disloyal Combination [ | 1918 OH | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard | |
| Truth versus fiction; justice versus prejudice: meat for all, not for a few [illus.] | 1902 | Graphic | Free | UCaBancroftLib | |
| Vi azoy der inzl fun trern iz fervandelt gevorn in a plats fun fargenign: Prezident Vilson s veto oyf dem Imig | 1917?] NY | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard | |
| Abbott, Edith | Immigration: Select documents & case records [UChicago Social Serv Ser.; journey; admittance; Fed/state legisl | 1924 Chi. | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| Anon. | The California Squabble (Oriental Review) [Alien Land Law] | 1913 | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| Binney, Horace | The Alienigenae of the US under the present Naturalization Laws | 1853 | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| Bodio, Luigi 1840-1920 | Dell'emigrazione italiana, e della legge 31 gennaio 1901, per la tutela degli emigranti | 1902 Rome | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| Bond, William A. | Practical Americanization; a business man's view | 1919] Chi. | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| Boston Legal Aid Society | Annual report, 1928, of the Boston Legal Aid Society | 1928? Bost. | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| Bouve, Clement Lincoln | A Treatise on the Laws Governing the Exclusion & Expulsion of Aliens in the US | 1912 | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| Bradley, Richards M. | Practical Legislative Problems involved in the Control of Immigration | 1924 | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| Buell, Raymond Leslie | Japanese Immigration [World Peace Foundation, v 7, #5-6; discrimination; exclusion act-1924; Amer-Japanese tr | 1924 Bost. | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| Buttner, Johann Carl, b. 1754 | Narrative of Johann Carl Buettner in the American revolution [indentured servants] | 1915 NY | PDF Kindle EPub | Free | UCalifornia |
| Calif. Land Settlement Board | The California State Land Settlement Act: what has been done & plans for the future [planned rural developmen | 1919ca] | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| California Assembly | The Chinese Question: Report of the special committee on Assembly bill no. 13 | 1870 | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| Canada. House of Commons (1890) | Report of the Select comm. [re] bill no. 8 to prohibit the importation & immigration of foreigners & aliens .. | 1890Ottwa | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| Canoutas, S. G. | Ho symvoulos kai procheiros dikegoros tou Hellenos en Amerike: Vivlion aparaite ton di' holous | 1919 NY | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| Claghorn, Kate Holladay | The Immigrant's Day in Court [social services; legal cases; money & family troubles; deportations of 1919-20] | 1923 | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| Cloud, Frederick D. (Vice Counsel, Shang | A digest of the treaty, laws, & regulations governing the admission of Chinese, their residence in & transit t | 1908 GPO | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| Cummings, John | Poor-laws of Massachusetts & New York: with appendices containing the US immigration & contract-labor laws [A | 1895 NY | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| Davie, Maurice Rea | A Constructive Immigration Policy [Conditions of admittance; literacy;] | 1923NHavn | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| DeLaet, Debra L. | US Immigration Policy in an Age of Rights [Control Act 1986] | 2000 Wstprt | Questia | subs | Praeger |
| Eliot, Charles William (NY) | Japanese character (Oriental Rev., May-Jun 1913; state legislation; Alien land law; California; national char | 1913 | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| Everett, William | Amendment of the Chinese Exclusion Act: speech, Hon. William Everett, of Mass., in the House of Representative | 1893 | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| Franklin, Frank George | The Legislative History of Naturalization in the US from the Revolutionary War to 1861 | 1906 Chi. | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| Geary, J. R. & E W Frazar | Rpt, ... upon the proposed treaty between Japan & the US & upon relations of the two countries [re] the land l | 1921?] | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| Great Northern RR Co. (firm) | Oregon [homestead law; internal & westward migration; railroads] | 1914?]SPaul | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| Hall, Prescott F. | Proposed Legislation on Immigration (in: J. of Social Sci., xliv, Sept., 1906) | 1906 | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| Hayes, Everis A. | The treaty-making power of the government & the Japanese question, Speech, Everis A. Hayes, Calif., US House, | 1907 Wash. | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| Herrick, Herbert Sanford | International Law of Alien Land Ownership in California & other states, US territories & Europe | c1921 | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| Hilborn, Samuel Greeley 1834-99 | Chinese Exclusion: speech of Samuel G. Hilborn, California, in the House of Representatives, Oct 14, 1893 | 1893?]Wash? | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| Hill, Hamilton Andrews 1827-95 | An Inquiry into the Relations of Immigration to Pauperism [Sec. Boston Bd. of Trade; poor, immigrants, taxati | 1876 Bost. | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| Ichihashi, Yamato | The Status of Japanese Immigration in California [alien labor; discrimination; legal cases; Fed. legislation; | 1913?] | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| International Labour Office Conf. | Rpt... to the International Labour Office of statistical ... information [re] emigration & immigration & the r | 1922 Geneva | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| Iyenaga, Toyokici 1862-1936 | The Ghost of War (Oriental Review, Man-Jun 1913) [State legislation; Alien Land Law, Calif. - Japanese] | 1913 | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| James, Edmund J. | The Origin of the Land Grant Act of 1862: (the so-called Morrill Act) & some account of its author, Jonathan B | c1910 | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |