They were not allowed to vote. and local matters in the camps were decided by nonJapanese authorities. Japanese inmates were released after the war. but before they could vote. they had to reestablish residence and register. We have found another area of discrimination in our immigration policies. When Oriental immigration has threatened the demographic and institutional order of the ruling class. we have tended to limit the numbers of Orientals entering the country. In order to support activities that thrive on cheap. unskilled labor. such as was needed in railroad construction. and on Hawaiian plantations. the ruling class consciously limited immigration from several sources in order to prevent any single group from obtaining too much power. For example. in 1882. Congress suspended the immigration of Chinese laborers. This type of discriminatory legislation was in effect until the immigration laws were changed in the mid1960s. But. until that date. the quota for immigrants from the Orient was as low as 105. Discrimination in hiring practices must be eliminated. According to the U.S.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that Oriental immigration threatens the demographic and institutional order.