may 6, 1882 - Chinese Exclusion Act - May 6, 1882
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This was a federal law signed by president Chester A. Arthur banning all immigration of Chinese Laborers. This marked the first time federal law proscribed entry of an ethnic working group. In other words, this act provided an absolute 10 year moratorium on Chinese Labor Workers.
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