We petition the Obama administration to: apologize for the Chinese exclusion laws and reaffirm that the greatness of our nation was built on inclusion.
The 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act and a series of laws represented more than 60 years of harsh legislation targeting Chinese for physical and political exclusion.
They explicitly barred Chinese from immigration and citizenship and became a "Barred Zone" to exclude all Asians. The laws established the confrontational character of the execution of immigration laws up to today.
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