Chinese Exclusion Act - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition chinese-exclusion-act

Definition :

Any of several acts forbidding the immigration of Chinese laborers into the United States originally from 1882 to 1892 by act of May 6 1882 then from 1892 to 1902 by act May 5 1892 By act of April 29 1902 all existing legislation on the subject was reeumlnacted and continued and made applicable to the insular possessions of the United States