主要的反移民政策:
- 1790 年《归化法》: 仅限白人移民获得公民身份,实际上将非白人排除在外。
- 排华法案》(1882 年): 禁止中国劳工进入美国,为期10年,是对移民的重大限制。
- 君子协定》(1907 年): 美国和日本之间的一项非正式协议,限制日本人移民,以换取旧金山公立学校取消种族隔离。
- 1917 年移民法》: 实行识字测试,禁止残疾移民,并排除了来自某些 “禁区”(主要是亚洲国家)的移民。
- 1924 年移民法》: 大幅减少来自西半球以外国家的移民,禁止来自亚洲的移民,并将每年的配额总数限制在 165 000 人。
Key Anti-Immigration Policies:
- Naturalization Act of 1790: Limited citizenship to white immigrants, effectively excluding non-white individuals.
- Chinese Exclusion Act (1882): Banned Chinese laborers from entering the United States for 10 years, a significant restriction on immigration.
- Gentlemen’s Agreement (1907): An informal agreement between the US and Japan that restricted Japanese immigration in exchange for desegregation of public schools in San Francisco.
- Immigration Act of 1917: Imposed literacy tests, banned immigrants with disabilities, and excluded immigrants from certain “barred zones” (primarily Asian countries).
- Immigration Act of 1924: Significantly reduced immigration from countries outside the Western Hemisphere, banning immigration from Asia and capping the total annual quota at 165,000.