Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943

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The Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943 was a U.S. federal law that ended the longstanding ban on Chinese immigration and allowed limited naturalization rights for Chinese immigrants during World War II.

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instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
immigration law ⓘ
affectedGroup Chinese Americans ⓘ
Chinese nationals seeking to immigrate to the United States ⓘ
affectedRight right of Chinese immigrants to seek U.S. citizenship ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Act to Repeal the Chinese Exclusion Acts ⓘ
appliedTo Chinese nationals ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
chamberOfIntroduction United States House of Representatives ⓘ
codifiedIn United States Statutes at Large ⓘ
context World War II ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
didNotEliminate all forms of discrimination against Chinese immigrants ⓘ
overall national origins quota system ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
followedBy gradual liberalization of Asian immigration laws in the United States ⓘ
geographicScope territory of the United States ⓘ
grantedRight naturalization for Chinese immigrants ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked first time since 1882 that Chinese immigration to the U.S. was legally permitted ⓘ
symbolized shift away from explicit racial exclusion in U.S. immigration law ⓘ
immigrationQuotaBasis national origins quota system ⓘ
introducedBy Warren G. Magnuson ⓘ
jurisdiction federal law of the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatusOfChineseImmigrantsAfter eligible for U.S. citizenship under limited conditions ⓘ
legalStatusOfChineseImmigrantsBefore barred from naturalization ⓘ
limitedQuota 105 Chinese immigrants per year ⓘ
motivatedBy desire to improve U.S. international image regarding race and immigration ⓘ
wartime alliance between United States and Republic of China ⓘ
policyArea civil rights ⓘ
immigration policy ⓘ
precededBy Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 ⓘ
Geary Act ⓘ
various renewal and extension acts of Chinese exclusion ⓘ
primaryEffect ended statutory ban on Chinese immigration to the United States ⓘ
permitted Chinese immigrants to become naturalized U.S. citizens ⓘ
repealed Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 78-199 ⓘ
relatedTo Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 ⓘ
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 ⓘ
repealedLegislation Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 ⓘ
subsequent exclusionary laws targeting Chinese immigrants ⓘ
shortName Magnuson Act ⓘ
signedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
signingDate 1943-12-17 ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 57 Stat. 600 ⓘ
timePeriodCovered mid-20th century U.S. immigration reform ⓘ
yearEnacted 1943 ⓘ

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Magnuson Act of 1943 → alsoKnownAs → Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943 ⓘ
Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943 → alsoKnownAs → Act to Repeal the Chinese Exclusion Acts ⓘ
linked to: Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943