It imposed an Immigration tax only on the Chinese, and limited the amount of immigrants. Also, English speaking, white immigrants from coutries like England and the United States were preffered over immigrants that were african, Jewish and Asian, so basically they were all affected. Hope this helped!
The Immigration Act of 1924 happened in the United States. The Act limited the number of immigrants who could enter the United States.Ê
Japan
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No. The Immigration Act took effect in 1924, while the attack on Pearl Harbor was in 1941.
many illegal immigrants were deported
Japan
The Immigration Act of 1924 set immigration quotas based on nationality and limited the number of immigrants allowed into the United States.
Immigrants from Latin America were not restricted by this act.
1924
Asia
In 1921 and 1924, Congress implemented immigration restrictions that targeted immigrants from Asia, effectively barring immigration from the entire region. The Immigration Act of 1924, also known as the Johnson-Reed Act, established quotas that severely limited the number of immigrants from countries outside Western Europe and excluded Asian immigrants altogether. This legislation reflected the nativist sentiments of the time and aimed to preserve the racial composition of the United States.
There were many different laws restricting immigrants from coming into America like the Emergency Immigration Act of 1924.