america passed its first immigration law on august 3, 1882.
when did america pass its first immigration law?
august 3 , 1882
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the creation of such administration, and the need to collect and disburse the head taxes throughout the bureaucratic chain, led to the creation of "the first immigration bureaucracy." it was a significant turning point of immigration policy in terms of relying on federal level legislation and administration. while this was not the first federal immigration law, as others were mentioned previously, states and local levels of immigration ports were mainly in control of immigration policy. the immigration act of 1882 was the beginning of the "contours of federal oversight" in immigration policy administration. in addition to the head tax, the act also stipulated the responsibility of government agents to inspect ports and vessels bringing immigrants into the country.
immigration act of 1882