The Chinese Exclusion Act
During the 1840s and 1850s, many laborers were recruited to build a better America by creating railroads and working the mines. During California gold rush, Asian immigrants seek for a better life by seeking gold. By the 1870s, with the country unable to create a successful economy meant for others to seek to whom to blame for the disaster. This lead the start of anti-Chinese because current society is having an increase of immigrants especially Asian ancestors. Which led the Chinese Exclusion Act to be signed by President Arthur and Congress. Became the most impacted law that restricted immigrants to enter America for a certain ethnic working group. The Chinese Exclusion Act was considered as a racism act. The Chinese Exclusion Act states,
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This led much concern to current Asian immigrants because there were new requirements under the Act. The Act would have required those who left the States will need to obtain a re-entry certification. The Federal and State courts were unable to grant citizenship to current Chinese residence because Congress refused to give them the authority to do so. But they still had the authority to deport Chinese from the States. The Chinese Exclusion Act was only issued for ten years, but through the Geary Act, was able to be extended for ten more years by Congress. The extension also included a requirement for every Chinese resident to register and seek a certificate of residency to avoid …show more content…
The immigration officials scheduled to built a new facility in San Francisco called Angel Island. The new facility took over the process of arriving emigrants. The station was effectively built prevent Chinese immigrants from communicating with others. This marked the foundation for many immigrants that enter the United States. They arrived and soon after, two groups were divided between men and women/ children. They proceeded towards medical, there they were acquired to take an examination to make sure no disease came with them. Failing to pass the examination will become deported. After the test they were assigned a place and would wait for their interrogators, the Board of Special Inquiry. It would have seemed that Asian immigrants will not seemed to get a break from all this discrimination until the San Francisco earthquake and fire in
This led much concern to current Asian immigrants because there were new requirements under the Act. The Act would have required those who left the States will need to obtain a re-entry certification. The Federal and State courts were unable to grant citizenship to current Chinese residence because Congress refused to give them the authority to do so. But they still had the authority to deport Chinese from the States. The Chinese Exclusion Act was only issued for ten years, but through the Geary Act, was able to be extended for ten more years by Congress. The extension also included a requirement for every Chinese resident to register and seek a certificate of residency to avoid …show more content…
The immigration officials scheduled to built a new facility in San Francisco called Angel Island. The new facility took over the process of arriving emigrants. The station was effectively built prevent Chinese immigrants from communicating with others. This marked the foundation for many immigrants that enter the United States. They arrived and soon after, two groups were divided between men and women/ children. They proceeded towards medical, there they were acquired to take an examination to make sure no disease came with them. Failing to pass the examination will become deported. After the test they were assigned a place and would wait for their interrogators, the Board of Special Inquiry. It would have seemed that Asian immigrants will not seemed to get a break from all this discrimination until the San Francisco earthquake and fire in