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Policies Affecting Korean Americans
1882 | Treaty of Chemulpo (Treaty of Amity and Commerce) started diplomatic relations between United States and Korea, which allowed Korean immigration to United States |
1910 -1924 | 1100 picture brides admitted, mostly in Hawaii |
1921 | Immigration Act (Johnson Act) |
1924 | Immigration Act (Johnson-Reed Act) |
1943 | Koreans in the United States exempted from enemy alien status |
1945 | United States liberated Korea from Japanese rule |
1950 -1953 | Korean War |
1951 -1964 | Admission of war brides and young children exempt from quotas |
1952 | Immigration and Nationality Act (McCarran-Walter Act0 |
1965 | Immigration and Naturalization Act |
1980 | Refugee Act |
1986 | Immigration Reform and Control Act |
1990 | Immigration Act |