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CONGRESSIONAL ACTS

1882 Chinese Exclusion Act Cessation of immigration from China

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 American s and immigration permitted from China

1946 Luce-Celler Act Resumption of naturalization rights to Indian American s and Filipino American s. Token immigration allowed, quota set at 100 per year from India and 100 per year from the Philippines

1965 Immigration And Nationality Services (INS) Act Of 1965 Elimination of racial/nationality-based discrimination in immigration quotas.

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

SEE ALSO

Chinese Immigration To The United States

Indian American History And Immigration

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

Timeline of Asian Pacific Americans and Immigration Law

Closed Borders and Mass Deportations: The Lessons of the Barred Zone Act