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The right of citizenship by naturalization was limited to "free white persons"
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Banned the importation of women for "immoral purposes;" heavily impacted Chinese women attempting to enter the U.S.
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The Geary Act extended the Chinese Exclusion Act for an additional 10 years and required all Chinese in the U.S. to carry a Certificate of Residence.
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The repeal of the Exclusion Act allowed for 105 Chinese immigrants to enter the U.S. annually and allowed the Chinese to obtain citizenship by naturalization.
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This act allowed the wives of American GIs to immigrate to the U.S. without being included in the quota.
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Abolished the discriminatory national origins quota system and granted 20,000 immigration spots per country in the eastern hemisphere. Family members could enter the country as non-quota immigrants, supporting family reunification.
