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Feb 16, 2021 · The Immigration Act of 1917 drastically reduced U.S. immigration by expanding the prohibitions of the Chinese exclusion laws of the late 1800s. The law created an “Asiatic barred zone” provision, which prohibited immigration from British India, most of Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the Middle East.
- 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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Dec 21, 2018 · The Immigration Act of 1917 establishes a literacy requirement for immigrants entering the country and halts immigration from most Asian countries.
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Identify three ways the law restricts immigration. What exceptions are found in the law? What classes of immigrants do you think would be targeted by the literacy test?
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 ...
Sep 30, 2015 · The United States began regulating immigration soon after it won independence from Great Britain, and the laws since enacted have reflected the politics and migrant flows of the times. We looked at key immigration laws from 1790 to 2014.
Feb 5, 2017 · The Immigration Act of 1917, also known as the Asiatic Barred Zone Act, prohibited immigration from any country that was on or adjacent to Asia but was "not owned by the U.S.," according...
