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The programs discussed here mostly come under the purview of the [[wikipedia:United States Citizenship and Immigration Services|United States Citizenship and Immigration Services]], the [[wikipedia:U.S. Customs and Border Protection|U.S. Customs and Border Protection]] Office of Field Operations, and the U.S. Department of State agencies such as the Bureau of Consular Affairs. For the most part, it does ''not'' deal with programs under the purview of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the United States Border Patrol. There are some exceptions (such as the Student and Exchange Visitor Program, that is under the purview of ICE). To dive deeper into immigration enforcement, look at the [[timeline of immigration enforcement in the United States]].
 
There are separate timelines with more detailed coverage of specific categories of visa policy: [[timeline of student visa policy in the United States]] and [[timeline of H-1B]].
== Big picture ==
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| Before 1875 || || There is no federal restriction on immigration during this time period. However, there are restrictions on naturalization (initially to free white persons of good moral character, and later to white and black persons) and there are provisions for deportation for sedition. There are also state-level regulations as well as private vigilante action against immigrants, such as against the Chinese in California, that we do not cover in this timeline.
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| 1875{{snd}}1924 || Presidents: several, ending with {{w|Warren Harding}} and {{w|Calvin Coolidge}} || The period sees the gradual tightening of immigration, initially beginning with restrictions on Chinese immigration, then expanding to other Asian immigration, and eventually (wiith the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 and the Immigration Act of 1924) applying to all immigration.
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