History of Asian American immigration

History of Asian American immigration

This page lists the summary of congressional acts and judicial rulings affecting immigration and naturalization of Asian Americans.

Congressional pacts

* 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act Cessation of immigration from China. [ [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1121119 Chin, Gabriel J., (1998) UCLA Law Review vol. 46, at 1 "Segregation's Last Stronghold: Race Discrimination and the Constitutional Law of Immigration"] ]
* 1917 Asiatic Barred Zone Act Cessation of immigration to the U.S. from mostly Asian countries, including the region of British India.
* 1943 Magnuson Act Resumption of naturalization rights to Chinese Americans and immigration permitted from China
* 1946 Luce-Celler Act Resumption of naturalization rights to Indian Americans and Filipino Americans. Token immigration allowed, quota set at 100 per year from India and 100 per year from the Philippines
* 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1965 Elimination of racial/nationality-based discrimination in immigration quotas. [ [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1121504 Gabriel J. Chin, "The Civil Rights Revolution Comes to Immigration Law: A New Look at the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965," 75 North Carolina Law Review 273(1996)] ]

Judicial Rulings

* 1898 United States v. Wong Kim Ark A US-born son of Chinese immigrants was ruled to be a US citizen under the 14th Amendment; the Chinese Exclusion Act was held not to apply to someone born in the US.
* 1922 Takao Ozawa v. United States Japanese despite being light-skinned are deemed not-white and thereby exempt from rights and privileges of naturalization.
* 1923 United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind Indians despite being anthropologically Caucasian are ruled to be not-white and further ruled to instead be Asian, thereby subjecting them to pre-existing anti-Asian laws

References

ee also

* Chinese immigration to the United States
* Indian American History and Immigration
* [http://www.hilwerda.com/A%20HISTORY%20OF%20CHINESE%20IMMIGRATION%20INTO%20ARIZONA%20TERRITORY.pdf A History of Chinese Immigration Into Arizona Territory: by R. Tintle. A case history regarding the positive reception of Chinese immigrants during the nineteenth century]
* [http://academic.udayton.edu/race/02rights/immigr05.htm Timeline of Asian Pacific Americans and Immigration Law]
* [http://www.ailf.org/ipc/policy_reports_2005_barredzone.asp Closed Borders and Mass Deportations: The Lessons of the Barred Zone Act]


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