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  2. History of Chinese Americans - Wikipedia

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    Another major concern of European Americans in relation to Chinatowns was the smoking of opium, even though the practice of smoking opium in America long predated Chinese immigration to the United States. [119] Tariff acts of 1832 established opium regulation, and in 1842 opium was taxed at seventy-five cents per pound. [120]

  3. Asian immigration to the United States - Wikipedia

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    Ethnic Chinese immigration to the United States since 1965 has been aided by the fact that the United States maintains separate quotas for Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. During the late 1960s and early and mid-1970s, Chinese immigration into the United States came almost exclusively from Taiwan creating the Taiwanese American subgroup.

  4. History of immigration to the United States - Wikipedia

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    By excluding all Chinese laborers from entering the country, the law severely curtailed the number of immigrants of Chinese descent allowed into the United States for 10 years. [52] The law was renewed in 1892 and 1902. During that period, Chinese migrants illegally entered the United States through the loosely-guarded U.S.–Canadian border. [53]

  5. The Perils of Vilifying Chinese Migrants - AOL

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    Two immigration officers interrogate Chinese immigrants at Ellis Island. 1951. Credit - Bettmann Archive/Getty Images. W ith intense political debate focused on the U.S. southern border, an ...

  6. History of laws concerning immigration and naturalization in ...

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    After the immigration of 123,000 Chinese in the 1870s, who joined the 105,000 who had immigrated between 1850 and 1870, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882 which limited further Chinese immigration. Chinese had immigrated to the Western United States as a result of unsettled conditions in China, the availability of jobs working on ...

  7. Chinese emigration - Wikipedia

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    Waves of Chinese emigration have happened throughout history. They include the emigration to Southeast Asia beginning from the 10th century during the Tang dynasty, to the Americas during the 19th century, particularly during the California gold rush in the mid-1800s; general emigration initially around the early to mid 20th century which was mainly caused by corruption, starvation, and war ...

  8. As Chinese emigration to U.S. rises, GOP and Trump use ... - AOL

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    Immigrants from Latin American countries such as Venezuela and Mexico have had substantially more encounters with border authorities. The number of Chinese immigrants at the U.S. border surged in 2023

  9. Trump suggests Chinese migrants are in the US to build an ...

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    The daily struggle of Chinese immigrants in Flushing is a far cry from the picture former President Donald Trump and other Republicans have sought to paint of them as a coordinated group of ...