# Chinese Exclusion Act

> act of US Congress in 1882 that prohibited all immigration of Chinese laborers

**Wikidata**: [Q1073716](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1073716)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/chinese-exclusion-act

## Summary

The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law enacted on May 6, 1882[1]. It prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers to the country[1]. The legislation marked the first significant legal restriction on immigration in U.S. history[1].The act suspended Chinese immigration for ten years and declared Chinese immigrants ineligible for naturalization[1]. It was initially intended as a temporary measure but was renewed in 1892 and made permanent in 1902[1]. The law remained in effect until its repeal in 1943 by the Magnuson Act[1].


## References

1. [Chinese Exclusion Act (1882). 2021](https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/chinese-exclusion-act#:~:text=In%20the%20spring%20of%201882,immigrating%20to%20the%20United%20States.)
2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
3. [Chinese Exclusion Act – Museum of Chinese in America](https://www.mocanyc.org/collections/stories/chinese-exclusion-act/)
4. Quora