Tydings-McDuffie Act Signed
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.
Sources
- history.house.gov history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/APA/Historical-essays/Exclusion-and-Empire/The-Philippines
- immigrationhistory.org immigrationhistory.org/item/tydings-mcduffie-act