For the next 80 years, Chinese immigration was strictly limited, until the passage of the Immigration Act of 1965, which was intended to remove racial discrimination. At Angel Island, immigration ...

For the next 80 years, Chinese immigration was strictly limited, until the passage of the Immigration Act of 1965, which was intended to remove racial discrimination. At Angel Island, immigration ...

Angel Island represents an important counterpoint to Ellis Island and the saga of American immigration history. Between 1910 and 1940, hopeful Chinese immigrants were detained at Angel Island where ...

The 1921 and 1924 U.S. immigration laws reduced the number of people ... Although they were not subjected to the extreme interrogations at Angel Island to which the Chinese were subjected, they could ...

are poems written in Chinese, many of them made all the more impressive for having been carved into the wooden walls. More than 135 of these poems have been recorded. The Angel Island Immigration ...

Whereas immigration to the United States was liberating ... Yu's grandmother was held at Angel Island. She had filariasis, a non-contagious, curable ailment that health inspectors often used ...