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What was the US government’s response to the Supreme Court ruling in 1898 which stated that Asian children born in the U.S. were automatic citizens?

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Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which was signed by the then president of the United States, Chester A. Arthur. The law suspended the immigration of Chinese workers that are skilled and unskilled and those employed in mining for 10 years.

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In 1882, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which was signed by the then president of the United States, Chester A. Arthur. The law suspended the immigration of Chinese workers (skilled and unskilled and those employed in mining) for a period of 10 years.

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