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The first U.S. law to restrict Immigration was the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers to the United States. It was the first federal law to restrict a specific ethnic group from entering the country.

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What Law prevented Chinese immigrants already in the United States from becoming citizens?

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 prevented Chinese immigrants already in the United States from becoming citizens. This law prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the country and stopped those already living in the US from naturalizing as citizens. It was the first law to restrict immigration based on nationality.


How did the new laws change the us immigration policy in the 1920s?

The new laws in the 1920s, such as the Quota Acts of 1921 and 1924, established immigration quotas based on nationality, favoring Northern and Western European immigrants while limiting Southern and Eastern European immigration. This shifted the demographic makeup of immigrants entering the United States and aimed to restrict overall immigration levels.


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The impetus behind introducing it and passing it is "the will of the people" of Arizona as expressed by their elected representatives to the state legislature. Much of the actual wording of the law follows, and comes from the wording of the US Federal statutes.


What law prevented Chinese immigrants already in the US from becoming citizens?

Chinese Immigration Act or the Taiping Act


I am a us citizen and I married a non-us citizen we are in the process of applying for her green card but we are also getting a divorce she tells me she won't leave the us can I report her?

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What Law prevented Chinese immigrants already in the United States from becoming citizens?

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 prevented Chinese immigrants already in the United States from becoming citizens. This law prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the country and stopped those already living in the US from naturalizing as citizens. It was the first law to restrict immigration based on nationality.


How did the first wave of immigration travel to the US?

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Nativist groups wanted to stop?

Asia -APEX


What did nativists group want to stop?

Nativist wanted to stop all Immigration to the US from Asia. They believed the Asians would take all of the jobs.