Immigration Act of 1924
id:
immigration-act-of-1924-175-16790066
title:
Immigration Act of 1924
text:
The Immigration Act of 1924, or Johnson–Reed Act, including the Asian Exclusion Act and National Origins Act, was a federal law that prevented immigration from Asia and set quotas on the number of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe. It also authorized the creation of the country's first formal border control service, the U.S. Border Patrol, and established a "consular control system" that allowed entry only to those who first obtained a visa from a U.S. consulate abroad. Enacted amid in
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
1924 United States anti-immigration law
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1924
date created:
2004-07-15T18:12:07Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T10:14:23Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q1434492","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1434492"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Great_Seal_of_the_United_States_%28obverse%29.svg","width":600,"height":600}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16