- Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882
Text of the law prohibiting immigration of Chinese laborers to the United States for ten years. After a renewal in 1892, it was made permanent in 1902, then repealed in 1943.
www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/chinex.htm
- Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act, The
Text of Congress' 1943 act that repealed exclusionary laws passed between 1882 and 1898.
www.cetel.org/1943_repeal.html
- Chinese Immmigration Laws
Offers the text of laws from California's anti-Coolie tax of 1862 to the Geary Act of 1892.
www.nychumanities.com/ImmigrationLaws.html
- Geary Act of 1892
Full text of the law that extended the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act a further ten years.
www.sanfranciscochinatown.com/history/1892gearyact.html
- Geary Central: The Geary Act of 1892
Text of the law that not only prohibited Chinese immigration but also placed heavy demands and limitations on foreign-born Chinese already living in the U.S.
www.geary.com/The_Geary_Act_of_1892
- People's Vote: Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
Describes the effects of the law.
www.usnews.com/usnews/documents/docpages/document_page47.htm
- Proposed Repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Acts
Excerpt from the August 1943 issue of INS Monthly Review noting the arguments for and against repealing the Acts.
www.immigration.gov/graphics/aboutus/history/mraug43.htm
- Separate Lives, Broken Dreams
Synopsis and supplementary material for the documentary commemorating the 50th anniversary of the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
www.naatanet.org/separatelivesbrokendreams
- The West: Documents on Anti-Chinese Immigration Policy
Offers part of an 1880 treaty the United States agreed with China to limit the immigration of Chinese laborers and the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act. From PBS.
www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/seven/chinxact.htm
- Wikipedia: Chinese Exclusion Act (United States)
Overview of the first immigration law passed in the U.S. that targeted a specific ethnic group.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act_%28United_States%29
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