The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled recently that Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia must be released and returned ...

and the 1882 Immigration Act denied entry to "convicts (except those convicted of political offences), lunatics, idiots, and persons likely to become public charges." 8 An 1891 law refused entry ...

Wing also lobbied against the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which only the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut did not ratify. A political cartoon from The San Francisco Wasp advocating for the ...

reforms conditions and practices of shipping procedures in Macao and Hong Kong 1882 U.S. President Chester Arthur signs the Chinese Exclusion Act, thus voiding 1868 Burlingame Treaty; Exclusion Act ...

Chico State students and staff criticize the SAVE act, which would require individuals to provide documentary proof of U.S.

That followed targeted immigration bans, like the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Later, the 1924 Johnson-Reed Act established entry quotas based on the populations of foreign-born residents ...

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first American law that restricted immigration based on ethnicity, and it reflected a backlash against migrants who had come for the gold rush in 1848 and ...