CSPAN3 Representative Emanuel Celler And Immigration Laws July 22, 2016
[ inaudible ] im sorry. Can you just remind me . It was passed in 1902, made permanent in 1904 and it was repealed finally in 1943 during world war ii largely because china was our ally and yet when it was repealed it set a quota of 105 a year, so it was not really repealed. Its not until 1960 that immigration opens up for the chinese. 1882. Yes . So there were sympathetic views among the working class so the people who excluded wanted them excluded were not the working class or not voters, and was there anyone in china who had any voice, any power at all to respond. China at this point was an...
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