---
title: "Appendix B: Immigration Law Timeline"
description: "[![Selected U.S. Immigration Laws and Executive Actions, 1790-2014](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/09/PH_2015-09-28_immigration-through-2065-A2-01.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2015/09/28/selected-u-s-immigration-legislation-and-executive-actions-1790-2014/)"
date: "2015-09-28"
authors:
  - name: "No Author"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2015/09/28/appendix-b-immigration-law-timeline/"
categories:
  - "Immigrant Populations"
  - "Immigration & Migration"
  - "Immigration Attitudes"
  - "Immigration Trends"
  - "Unauthorized Immigration"
---

# Appendix B: Immigration Law Timeline

[![Selected U.S. Immigration Laws and Executive Actions, 1790-2014](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/09/PH_2015-09-28_immigration-through-2065-A2-01.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2015/09/28/selected-u-s-immigration-legislation-and-executive-actions-1790-2014/)

[![Selected U.S. Immigration Laws and Executive Actions, 1790-2014](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/09/PH_2015-09-28_immigration-through-2065-A2-02.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2015/09/28/selected-u-s-immigration-legislation-and-executive-actions-1790-2014/)

[![Selected U.S. Immigration Laws and Executive Actions, 1790-2014](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/09/PH_2015-09-28_immigration-through-2065-A2-03.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2015/09/28/selected-u-s-immigration-legislation-and-executive-actions-1790-2014/)

[![Selected U.S. Immigration Laws and Executive Actions, 1790-2014](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/09/PH_2015-09-28_immigration-through-2065-A2-04.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2015/09/28/selected-u-s-immigration-legislation-and-executive-actions-1790-2014/)

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