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Chinese Exclusion Act: Section 1: No Chinese Immigrants Summary

The Law Gets Right to the Point

  • The law starts off by saying, "it's a given that Chinese laborers are bad for us," like it's talking about eating too much bacon or something.
  • For ten years after ninety days after the passage of the act, no Chinese laborers can enter the United States.