On May 6, 1882, President Chester A. Arthur signed into law The Chinese Exclusion Act.
Get an inside look at the making of The Chinese Exclusion Act.
The 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act remained in force for more than 60 years.
In 1898, the Supreme Court ruled that Wong Kim Ark had acquired U.S. citizenship at birth.
Watch a preview of the origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here ever to become U.S. citizens.
