Magnuson Act Repeals Chinese Exclusion
Congress repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act, allowing a small immigration quota and naturalization for Chinese immigrants.
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December 17
Mass Exclusion Orders Rescinded
The Army issued Public Proclamation 21, rescinding the mass exclusion orders effective Jan 2, 1945, and allowing most Japanese Americans to return to the West Coast-announced the day before the Supreme Court's Korematsu and Endo rulings. (Shares Dec 17 with the 1943 Magnuson Act.)