Laws Harsh as Tigers: Chinese Immigrants and the Shaping of Modern Immigration Law (Studies in Legal History)

by LucyE.Salyer (Author)

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  1995

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  Focusing primarily on the exclusion of the Chinese, this study analyzes the debates surrounding immigration law and its enforcement during the height of nativist sentiment in the early-20th century. The author argues fundamental principles were established which still dominate immigration law.