In a shocking move, President Calvin Coolidge signed the Johnson selective immigration bill into law on May 26, 1924. The bill, which aims to curb the influx of Japanese immigrants, contains a provision that prohibits Japanese nationals from entering the United States after July 1 with the intention of settling here. This decision has left leaders in Congress fuming, with many expressing their deep resentment over the president’s characterization of the exclusion provision as ‘unnecessary and deplorable’.
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- State: National
- Category: Public Corruption
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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