Most of them were processed in Ellis island. They had to be processed there before they could enter the country.
They are elements of rule of law
The government introduced legislative laws because they feared that the FR would simulate popular radicalism. The seditious meeting act was introduced and Habeas Corpus was suspended. *HOPE IT HELPS*
Made it easier to cross the Appalachian mountains<span />
<span>The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first federal law to restrict immigration law on the basis of race and class</span>