---
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://www.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

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