USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -It was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States. In the spring of 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed by Congress and signed by President Chester A. Arthur . This act provided an absolute 10-year ban on Chinese laborers immigrating to the United States.

Detailed explanation-2: -This act was the first significant restriction on free immigration in U.S. history, and it excluded Chinese laborers from the country under penalty of imprisonment and deportation. It also made Chinese immigrants permanent aliens by excluding them from U.S. citizenship.

Detailed explanation-3: -The basic exclusion law prohibited Chinese labourers-defined as “both skilled and unskilled laborers and Chinese employed in mining”-from entering the country. Subsequent amendments to the law prevented Chinese labourers who had left the United States from returning.

Detailed explanation-4: -81. Prints & Photographs Division. The Chinese Exclusion Act (PDF, 428KB) of 1882 was signed into law on May 6, 1882. Officially titled “An act to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese, ” the Chinese Exclusion Act prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers for ten years.