Immigration Reform and Control Acts

Citizenship is limited to White people. It is later extended.

The first restricted immigration law.

Restricted yearly immigration to three percent of the U.S. poulation

Total annual immigration was restricted to 150,000.

For the first and only time, Mexican immigration was outlawed.

Allowed Cuban nationals in the U.S. citizenship during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Added 50 cents to taxes to help pay in order to fund immigration officials.

Began the naturalization procedures, made some knowledge of English a requirement for citizenship, and established the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization.

Made immigrants residing in the U.S. mainland or territories eligible for citizenship.

Rose the limit of 150,000 immigrants to 700,000