July 10, 1935

injustice

Filipino Repatriation Act Signed

The law offered Filipinos in the US free one-way passage to the Philippines on the condition they forfeit their right to return, an effort to reduce the Filipino population after the Tydings-McDuffie Act.

Sources

  1. govinfo.gov govinfo.gov/link/statute/49/478
  2. ebsco.com ebsco.com/research-starters/history/filipino-repatriation-act-1935

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