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Signing of the Chinese Exclusion Act
- When
- May 6, 1882
- Where
- Federal legislation
President Chester A. Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act into law on May 6, 1882, prohibiting Chinese laborer immigration for ten years.
Arthur acceded to a compromise measure despite objecting to the denial of entry for Chinese laborers. The Act defined excludables as skilled and unskilled laborers and Chinese employed in mining, resulting in very few Chinese being able to enter the country under the 1882 law.
Sources
- Chinese Exclusion Act Wikipedia
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