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Making and Remaking Asian America Through Immigration Policy, 1850-1990 (1st Edition) by Bill Ong Hing Paperback, 358 Pages, Published 1994 ISBN-10: 0-8047-2360-5 / 0804723605 ISBN-13: 978-0-8047-2360-2 / 9780804723602 In 1882, Congress enacted immigration legislation excluding "idiots," "lunatics," and "Chinese laborers." Eventually, a series of laws restricted the entry of every Asian group, though over a period of decades these laws were repealed one by one. The most dramatic change in immigration law came in 1 |