PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 created an absolute ban on Chinese laborers immigrating to the United States. It marked America’s first significant law restricting ...

In 1880, the Chinese were the biggest group of immigrants in the western U.S. But Sinophobic sentiments crystallized into racist policies and... The U.S. once banned Chinese immigrants — and it paid ...

President Joe Biden commemorated the 80th anniversary of the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act, which barred Chinese laborers from entering the country. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

The incoming Trump administration is preparing to initiate a program of mass deportations and attacks against the rights of immigrants. There are growing indications that Chinese immigrants will be ...

At the turn of the 20th century, an era defined by Chinese exclusion laws and rampant anti-Asian sentiment in the U.S., many Chinese laborers found creative ways to sidestep racial barriers and ...

The book was purchased through the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center In 1882, the United States launched an ...

On May 6th, 1882 – on the eve of the greatest wave of immigration in American history – President Chester A. Arthur signed into law a unique piece of federal legislation, called the Chinese Exclusion ...

Click here for the original audio and to read a book excerpt. In “Orphan Bachelors,” Fae Myenne Ng wrote about her family and the elderly men who populated San Francisco’s Chinatown when she was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In recent months, the State Department has revoked hundreds of visas of foreign students with little explanation. On April 25, ...