The Republican (nationalist) 47th Constitutional Congress (elected in accordance with (Article I, Section 3 [Clause 1])—without a constitutional amendment, and over the veto of President Arthur—passes the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, banning the immigration or naturalization of Chinese nationals for ten years.

       NOTE: Article I, Section 8 [Clause 4]. grants Congress “Power to … To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States.”  The Constitution says nothing about immigration; that is a power reserved to the States via Article X of Amendment.

       [restored 5/13/2022]

Subsequent Events:

7/2/1882                    3/3/1891                    5/5/1892

Authority:

“Law of the Jungle”
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References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 222.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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