Posts tagged Chinese Exclusion Act

Documenting the birth of illegal...

By Prerna on May 9, 2008
Documenting the birth of illegal immigration

Someone at BNF felt compelled to tell me that the birth of illegal immigration was the coming of Europeans to the Americas. The comment is theoretically accurate but misses the point of the argument. By the ‘birth of illegal immigration,’ I am referring to the... [+]

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Marking The Anniversary of 'Illegal...

By Prerna on May 7, 2008
Marking The Anniversary of ‘Illegal Immigration’

May 6, 1882 is the date for the birth of ‘illegal immigration.’ Like most social concerns that are only deemed as a ‘problem’ when it benefits the state, the immigration of Chinese laborers to the United States, the so-called ‘yellow peril’ and ‘Asian invasion’ now... [+]

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