Calendar No. 543. I will attempt here to describe. in as few words as possible. the main objectives of each of the three sections of the bill. Beginning with the year 1882. following an immigration treaty with China of 1880. this Government enacted the first of a long series of laws dealing with the exclusion and deportation of Chinese persons. Some 13 acts. or parts of acts. were enacted on this subject matter between the years 1882 and 1913. The Chinese are the only persons who were singled out by nationality or origin for discrimination in our immigration laws. It naturally has been a source of embarrassment to the Chinese. because they feel the inference is that the United States has set them apart as an inferior people. It is true that Japanese and Koreans. prior to the basic Quota Act of 1924. were prevented. generally. from coming to the United States because of the Executive orders of 1907 and 1913. limiting such persons coming to this country.
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