---
"title": "Appendix B: Immigration Law Timeline"
"description": "[![Selected U.S. Immigration Laws and Executive Actions, 1790-2014](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2015/09/PH_2015-09-28_immigration-through-2065-A2-01.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/race-and-ethnicity/2015/09/28/modern-immigration-wave-brings-59-million-to-u-s-driving-population-growth-and-change-through-2065/ph_2015-09-28_immigration-through-2065-a2-01-png/)"
"date": "2015-09-28"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "No Author"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/race-and-ethnicity/2015/09/28/appendix-b-immigration-law-timeline/"
"categories":
  - "Immigrant Populations"
  - "Immigration & Migration"
  - "Immigration Attitudes"
  - "Immigration Trends"
  - "Race & Ethnicity"
  - "Unauthorized Immigration"
---

# Appendix B: Immigration Law Timeline

[![Selected U.S. Immigration Laws and Executive Actions, 1790-2014](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2015/09/PH_2015-09-28_immigration-through-2065-A2-01.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/race-and-ethnicity/2015/09/28/modern-immigration-wave-brings-59-million-to-u-s-driving-population-growth-and-change-through-2065/ph_2015-09-28_immigration-through-2065-a2-01-png/)

[![Selected U.S. Immigration Laws and Executive Actions, 1790-2014](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2015/09/PH_2015-09-28_immigration-through-2065-A2-02.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/race-and-ethnicity/2015/09/28/modern-immigration-wave-brings-59-million-to-u-s-driving-population-growth-and-change-through-2065/ph_2015-09-28_immigration-through-2065-a2-02-png/)

[![Selected U.S. Immigration Laws and Executive Actions, 1790-2014](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2015/09/PH_2015-09-28_immigration-through-2065-A2-03.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/race-and-ethnicity/2015/09/28/modern-immigration-wave-brings-59-million-to-u-s-driving-population-growth-and-change-through-2065/ph_2015-09-28_immigration-through-2065-a2-03-png/)

[![Selected U.S. Immigration Laws and Executive Actions, 1790-2014](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2015/09/PH_2015-09-28_immigration-through-2065-A2-04.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/race-and-ethnicity/2015/09/28/modern-immigration-wave-brings-59-million-to-u-s-driving-population-growth-and-change-through-2065/ph_2015-09-28_immigration-through-2065-a2-04-png/)

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