feb 2, 1943 - Repeal of Chinese Exclusion Laws
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1943: The repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Laws legitimated Chinese immigration andnaturalization to the U.S.. This repeal was motivated by strategic wartime
considerations to counter Japanese claims of anti-Asiatic policies, though the U.S.
continued to have a quota of 105 for all Chinese immigrants.
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Date:
feb 2, 1943
Now
~ 82 years ago