Immigration Act of 1917 – (February 5, 1917)
Immigration Act of 1917 (aka the Asiatic Barred Zone Act)
We all know that one of the main issues that has plagued the last several Congresses has been illegal immigration. The furor mostly surrounds the flow of immigrants across the Mexican border into the US. The immigrants are not only from Mexico, but other countries of Central America. In spite of what we think, America has not always had open arms to all LEGAL immigrants either! The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 barred Chinese from entering the US, and The Gentlemen’s Agreement of 1907 was made with Japan to regulate Japanese immigration to the US. Today is the 98th anniversary of the passing an immigration act, that closed the doors to legal immigration to a large part of Asia……from Wikipedia…..
