The Chinese exclusion act (1882) was the first significant restriction on free immigration in US history. This law excluded all immigrants who were “skilled and unskilled laborers and Chinese employed and mining” from entering the country for 10 years under penalty of imprisonment and deportation. Because this specific ethnic group entering from entering the United States, many now view this law as being xenophobic.
what does the term xenophobic phobic mean?
A) an unconstitutional law
B)the belief in immigrant quotas
C) a dislike of people from other countries
D) a dislike or fear of people who are labors