Passage of Immigration Act

Date: February 5, 1917 • Location: Shaw, United States

The U.S. Congress overrode President Woodrow Wilson's veto to pass the Immigration Act of 1917, establishing new restrictions on immigrants, including the wholesale ban of people from much of Asia.

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