The Immigration Act of 1924 is a legal artifact of a conservative decade. The 1920s were a period that saw an intense backlash to the progressivism and social changes of the previous decades. Most notably, this law barred immigration from virtually all Asian nations, not just China.
Before this, the Chinese Exclusion …
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