ASAMST 20AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Samuel Gompers, Japanese Immigration To Mexico, Mitsui & Co.
11 Oct 2017
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Confronting immigration exclusion and migration from japan, korea, and india: Federal government absolute power to exclude if necessary. Re-entry case (left us and then attempted to re-enter) Citizenship by jus solis (birthright) overrides jus sanguinis (by blood) Ways to provide proof: 2 white witnesses. Round-ups of chinese government asked for their ids. Court: us had sovereign right to deport non-citizens. Class action suit vs sf board of supervisors. A law which appears neutral but applied in a discriminatory manner is constitutional. Self proclaimed china"s 1st missionary to us. Offered reward to anyone who can prove that chinese ate rats. Chinese equal rights league to oppose geary act of 1892. Only character and fitness should be the requirement of all who are desirous of becoming citizens of the american republic. Assimilationist but also concerned about change in china. One day he disappeared from the public scene because he had gone back to.
