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Chinese Exclusion Act affected Portland’s oldest restaurant
KOIN via Yahoo News· 6 days ago8The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 created an absolute ban on Chinese laborers immigrating to the...
The 100th Anniversary of One of America's Worst Laws - the 1924 Immigration Act
Reason.com· 13 hours agoThis year marks the 100th anniversary of one of the worst laws in American history: the 1924...
Asian Americans working to translate growing numbers in Chicago into political power
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoThe lobby of City Hall was awash in crimson and gold as Mayor Brandon Johnson and a small group of...
The Border Patrol is an engine of crisis—and has been since the beginning
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Locke, California: The only town in the US built for Chinese people
BBC News· 5 days agoChinese labourers transformed central California from a swamp to an agricultural powerhouse – and...
How writing memoir of Chinese-American ‘hero’ dad healed a daughter’s grief
South China Morning Post· 2 days agoAs she picked up the pieces, Chan instinctually turned to writing, and her words became a vessel for...
Honoring Asian Americans, Pennsylvania nonprofit advocates AAPI studies in classrooms
FOX 29 Philadelphia· 6 days agoIncorporating Asian American history into Pennsylvania school curriculum not only celebrates the...
A (very) brief history of immigration to Massachusetts - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 1 day agoIt’s not clear precisely how many new immigrants have arrived in Massachusetts over the past two...
Border Patrol celebrates 100 years: First agents were issued badge, pistol and little else
The El Paso Times via Yahoo News· 7 days agoCommissioner is concerned with Chinese immigrants prohibited from entering the United States under...
They’re Asian. They’re American. But, They Wonder, Are They Asian American?
New York Times· 3 days agoWhen Dinesh Nepal first arrived in the United States in 2010, he had never heard of the term “Asian...