Policies Affecting Asian Indian Americans
1906 | Asian Indians denied U.S. citizenship |
1917 | Asiantic Barred Zone Act passed in Congress
excluded immigration from South or Southeast Asia, including India |
1921 | Immigration Act (Johnson Act) |
1923 | Supreme Court decision, United States v. Bhagat Singh, third decision |
1924 | Immigration Act (Johnson-Reed Act) excluded immigration of all Asian laborers, including Asian Indians |
1946 | Asian Indians granted token immigration quota of 100 |
1952 | Immigration and Nationality Act (McCarran-Walter Act) upheld national origins quotas |
1965 | Immigration and Naturalization Act eliminated national origins quotas |
1990 | Immigration Act continued priority for skilled workers and family reunification |