1882-  Chinese Exclusion Act

1917- Immigration Acts of 1917

1918- Anarchist Act of 1918

1921- Quota System

1924- Quota System is revised

1948- Displaced Person Act

1952- Immigration and Nationality Act

1953- Refugee Act

1965- Amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act

1980- Refugees Act

1986- The Immigration Reform and Control Act  

1990- The Immigration Act of 1990

1996-  The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act

1994- Proposition 187

2004-  Bush and Fox Agreement