HIST 114 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Santa Barbara City College, The Immigrants, Immigration Restriction League
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Men were segregated from women and children at the immigration station, and all were given full medical exams: to japanese and other asians, this was a deeply embarrassing encounter, because. An immigrant was called for questioning in front of a board of two immigrant supervisors, a recording officer, and a translator, who helped the japanese-speaking immigrants and the english-speaking american officials understand each other. Interrogations could last for many hours and even days. Immigrants had lived like prisoners during this period: there were horrible living conditions and the food was barely edible. In 1910, luther steward, acting commissioner for the san francisco immigration. Service, wrote about the barracks, "if a private individual had such an institution, local health authorities would arrest him". Anti-japanese laws: following the decrease in the number of japanese workers coming to the united. European countries: one of the most influential nativist organizations was the immigration restriction.
