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The Page Act of 1875 (Sect. 141, 18 Stat. 477, 3 March 1875) was the first restrictive federal immigration law in the United States, which effectively prohibited the entry of Chinese women, marking the end of open borders. [1] [2] Seven years later, the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act banned immigration by Chinese men as well.
The Page Act of 1875 prohibited the entry of immigrants considered "undesirable," a category that was intended to include forced laborers and female prostitutes and applied to people of Chinese citizenship and descent. The bar on female prostitutes was the Act's most heavily-enforced aspect.
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Horace Francis Page (October 20, 1833 – August 23, 1890) was an American lawyer and politician who represented California in the United States House of Representatives for five terms between 1873 and 1883. He is perhaps best known for the Page Act of 1875 which began the racial prohibitions against Asian, primarily Chinese, immigration. Page ...
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Resigned January 1, 1875 John M. Thompson (R) January 5, 1875 Florida At-large: William J. Purman (R) Resigned January 25, 1875 Vacant Not filled this term Maine 4th: Samuel F. Hersey (R) Died February 3, 1875 Vacant Not filled this term Louisiana 1st: J. Hale Sypher (R) Lost contested election March 3, 1875 Effingham Lawrence (D) March 3, 1875
The Page Act of 1875 was the first restrictive federal immigration law that effectively prohibited Chinese women from entering the United States. In May 1882, the United States Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, banning all immigration from China and barring all Chinese immigrants from naturalization. In 1891, California explicitly ...
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