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oct 19, 1917 - US Immigration Act

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Created stricter policy on who can enter the US by providing a literacy test and the public health services increased screening for disease vs before when there wasn't a policy towards Mexican immigrants because US needed Mexican workforce because they were cheaper so they were the exceptions

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oct 19, 1917
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~ 108 years ago