---
"title": "Selected U.S. Immigration Legislation and Executive Actions, 1790 – 2014"
"description": "Explore how immigration in the U.S. was shaped by laws and acts in this interactive timeline of U.S. immigration legislation since the 1790s."
"date": "2015-09-28"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "No Author"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/race-and-ethnicity/2015/09/28/selected-u-s-immigration-legislation-and-executive-actions-1790-2014/"
"categories":
  - "Immigration & Migration"
  - "Immigration Trends"
  - "Unauthorized Immigration"
---

# Selected U.S. Immigration Legislation and Executive Actions, 1790 – 2014