· Washington, D.C.
Chinese Exclusion Act Signed Into Law
injustice
President Chester A. Arthur signed the first US law to bar a group by nationality; it suspended Chinese labor immigration and barred Chinese immigrants from naturalization.
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Sources
- archives.gov archives.gov/milestone-documents/chinese-exclusion-act
- guides.loc.gov guides.loc.gov/chinese-exclusion-act