First Law to restrict immigration in the United States
The act was passed by the congress and signed by president Chester A.Arthur in May 6th 1882
Chinese Immigration Act(1885-1947)
Canadians copied the Americans idea for the Chinese exclusion act
Chinese were the first ethnic origin to have restrictions from coming into Canada
Federal government made restrictions on the Chinese
The chinese had to pay a $50 fee to get into Canada, which was a big difference to the usual $10
Chinese Immigration Act (1923-1947)
1923 the immigration act was signed by prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King In
response to more demand of limiting the amount of chinese immigration
July 1,1923 was the day when they established that Chinese were not allowed to enter Canada unless
you were a merchant, diplomats, student attending college or university, or a foreign exchange
students
Chinese Canadians referred to July First as the day of shame
The Chinese Immigration Act restricted the Chinese from immigrating into Canada
Chinese found loopholes to still get in and caused the whites to be angry for this act, causing the
Chinese to not come into Canada unless they met a really narrow set of requirements
Had to pay an entrance fee of $500
The urge for Chinese Immigration Act mostly came from British Columbia but received support from
across Canada
Post war problems were blamed on the Chinese because they were a visible minority
Chinese immigration fraud increased the urge for the Chinese to have a limit from coming into
Canada.
Chinese labourers said they were students to avoid entry fee
The act was cancelled in 1947 because of the charter of rights
Once the act was taken away there was still a law that said all immigrants have to be 18 or over.
July 22 2006 Stephen Harper was the first to apologize for the Chinese Immigration Act