For the next 80 years, Chinese immigration was strictly limited, until the passage of the Immigration Act of 1965, which was intended to remove racial discrimination. At Angel Island, immigration ...

In response to domestic labor interests, immigration laws became increasingly restrictive, barring entry to Asian immigrant workers from China, India and the Philippines. Hopeful Chinese immigrants, ...

The 1921 and 1924 U.S. immigration laws reduced the number of people ... Although they were not subjected to the extreme interrogations at Angel Island to which the Chinese were subjected, they could ...

Whereas immigration to the United States was liberating ... Yu's grandmother was held at Angel Island. She had filariasis, a non-contagious, curable ailment that health inspectors often used ...

Angel Island State Park is situated ... Coast’s Ellis Island with a visit to the Immigration Station, which tells the important story of the Chinese immigrant experience. Recent travelers ...