San Francisco's most renowned Chinese ... Native Americans could not testify in court to include the Chinese. The reversal made it impossible to prosecute violence against Chinese immigrants.

In May of 1882, Congress codified these fears into law by passing the Chinese Exclusion Act, which banned Chinese people from ...

A woman, part of a group of dozens of Chinese migrants smuggled to Coral Gables, said she had to leave after she spoke out ...

But because of the Chinese Exclusion Act, which made it illegal for Chinese immigrants to become American citizens or vote between 1882 and 1943, Lee herself would be prevented from voting for ...

but the ban lasted for more than 60 years and made it difficult for Chinese immigrants already here from finding jobs and from becoming American citizens.