AANHPI History Calendar

· Washington, D.C.

Tydings-McDuffie Act Signed

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President Roosevelt signed the Philippine Independence Act, which reclassified Filipinos in the US from 'nationals' to 'aliens' and cut Filipino immigration to a quota of 50 per year.

Communities
  • Filipino American
Topics
  • immigration
  • law
Event type
  • legislation

Sources

Also on March 24

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Northern Mariana Islands Covenant Approved

Congress approved the Covenant making the Northern Mariana Islands a US commonwealth and extending US citizenship to its CHamoru and Carolinian people; CNMI marks the date as Covenant Day. (Shares Mar 24 with the 1934 Tydings-McDuffie Act.)