Chapter
The Racist Origins of US Immigration Laws
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The Immigration Act of 1924, passed with the help of bogus studies from eugenics research at Cold Spring Harbor, banned all Asian immigration and restricted immigration to only "the right kind of white people". It was a fundamentally racist law that established the border patrol.
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The 1924 Immigration Act banned all Asian immigration, tried to restrict only "the right kind of white people" and was based on bogus studies from the eugenics research office at Cold Spring Harbor, while establishing the border patrol.
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US Immigration Laws
Summary
The 1924 Immigration Act banned all Asian immigration, tried to restrict only "the right kind of white people" and was based on bogus studies from the eugenics research office at Cold Spring Harbor, while establishing the border patrol.