May 19, 1913

injustice

California Alien Land Law Signed

Gov. Hiram Johnson signed the Webb-Haney Act, barring 'aliens ineligible for citizenship'-chiefly Asian immigrants-from owning agricultural land. (Assembly passed it May 3, the date EJI uses; sources give the signing as May 19 or May 20.)

Sources

  1. eji.org eji.org/news/californias-alien-land-laws
  2. ebsco.com ebsco.com/research-starters/law/passage-first-alien-land-law

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