The Naturalization Act of 1790 laid a groundwork that all United States immigrations law would follow. The problem is that the Naturalization Act of 1790 was based off of only “Free White Persons” being allowed to become citizens of the United States. The Act was built on with more immigration laws but the racism, gender disqualifying, and exclusion at its core would taint them and still hurts the United States.

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