1 janv. 1917 - Immigration Act of 1917

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Woodrow Wilson initially vetoes the Immigration Act of 1917 because of its inclusion of literacy tests, but Congress overrides him, and this act becomes known as the Asiatic Barred Zone Act since it excludes Chinese, Asian Indians, Burmese, Thai, and Malays, and extends to parts of Russia, the Arabian peninsula, Afghanistan, Polynesia, and all East Indian islands. This shows the lengths that Congress was willing to go to to limit immigration, even using literacy tests similar to ones that were used to keep African Americans from voting.

“Chinese Immigration and the Chinese Exclusion Acts.” Office of the Historian, May 9, 2017.
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/chinese-immigration

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