Exclusion Act Upheld

Exclusion Act Upheld is one of the newspaper articles in Red Dead Redemption 2.

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IMMIGRANTS MUST STAY OUT, SAYS PRESIDENT. ASKS TO MAKE LAW EVICTING IMMIGRANTS PERMANENT. FOREIGN WORKERS HARMFUL TO WAGES, ECONOMY.

The Chinese Exclusion act, passed into Federal Law in 1882, has been renewed. The law prohibits all further immigration of Chinese laborers, saying they have a detrimental effect on the US economy and are being used by industrialists to undercut labor and keep wages low for everybody. Proponents of the regulation also argue that the Chinese have committed acts of violence upon Americans and will never integrate properly into our society.

States such as California have set up their own restrictions and some are calling for mandatory repatriation of all Chinese workers already here. Many Chinese are faced with the decision to stay in the United States or return to China to be with their families, whom they may never again see in their lifetime due to the ban on immigration.