IMMIGRATION+ACT+OF+1924



The immigration act of 1924 was a law that lowered the number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States in 1890, down from the 3% cap set by the Immigration Restriction Act of 1921, according tothe Census of 1890 1 .It excluded immigration of Asians. It superseded the 1921 Emergency Quota Act. The law was aimed at further restricting the Southern and Eastern Europeans who were immigrating in large numbers starting in the 1890s, as well as prohibiting the immigration of East Asians and Asian Indians. This law was a way that racist white americans could make sure that non-whites were'nt allowed to come into the united states.


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