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Page Act
First official law against immigration. Specifically targeted Asians and stated that it was illeagal to bring any oriental person to the U.S. -
The Chinese Exclution Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act was one of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in U.S. history. The Act excluded Chinese "skilled and unskilled laborers employed in mining" from entering the country for ten years under penalty of imprisonment and deportation. Many Chinese were relentlessly beaten just because of their race. -
The Barred Zone Act
Prohibited the immigration of "undesireable people" to the U.S. This included idiots, psycopaths, mental patients, poor people, and drunks. -
California Proposition 187
A 1994 ballot initiative to establish a state-run citizenship screening system and prohibit illegal aliens from using health care, public education, and other social services in the U.S. State of California. -
Alabama HB 56
The most strict immigration bill today. Sets many restrictions against illeagal immigration and banned them from attending school and colleges. resulted in an increasingly low number of latino students enroled in schools.
