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Feb 16, 2021 · Effect of the Immigration Act of 1917. To say the least, the Immigration Act of 1917 had the impact desired by its supporters. According to the Migration Policy Institute, only about 110,000 new immigrants were allowed to enter the United States in 1918, compared to more than 1.2 million in 1913.
- Robert Longley
The Immigration Act of 1917 (also known as the Literacy Act or the Burnett Act and less often as the Asiatic Barred Zone Act) was a United States Act that aimed to restrict immigration by imposing literacy tests on immigrants, creating new categories of inadmissible persons, and barring immigration from the Asia-Pacific zone.
- An Act to regulate the immigration of aliens to, and the residence of aliens in, the United States.
- the 64th United States Congress
- Asiatic Barred Zone Act
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Summary. This law is best known for its creation of a “barred zone” extending from the Middle East to Southeast Asia from which no persons were allowed to enter the United States. Its main restriction, however, consisted of a literacy test intended to reduce European immigration, with exemptions for those who could show they were fleeing ...
Sep 1, 2022 · The 1917 Immigration Act paved the way for a rapid succession of immigration laws that tightened the nation's borders against immigrants perceived as belonging to inferior races, yet it failed to reduce immigration as drastically as supporters of immigration restriction had hoped.
Jun 10, 2019 · The Immigration Act of 1917, the most restrictive immigration legislation to date, was passed by a significant majority, even overriding a veto from President Woodrow Wilson. The law excluded immigrants who were (1) illiterate and over the age of sixteen, (2) “mentally defective” (a label which included homosexuals), and (3) originating ...
Feb 9, 2010 · This Day In History. February | 5. Choose another date. 1917. Immigration Act passed over President Wilson’s veto. With more than a two-thirds majority, Congress overrides President Woodrow...
Feb 5, 2017 · published 5 February 2017. Health inspectors examine detainees on Angel Island, California, circa 1917.(Image credit: National Archives and Records Administration) One hundred years ago today...
