The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first significant crackdown on immigration in American history. We explore the factors that ...

The restrictions on Chinese immigration would not begin to be lifted until World War II. Historians have found that the economies of towns suffered after they kicked out their Chinese residents.

Chinese immigrants sacrificed to create America's first transcontinental railroad. Its completion may have contributed to a ...

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 is widely considered to be the first major immigration clampdown in ... But then, on our walk out, my wife spotted a placard pointing to why.

Congress usually sets tariffs, but President-elect Donald Trump could declare a national emergency, as he's done in the past.