The+Immigration+Act+of+1917+(1-5)

The Immigration Act of 1917 was also known as the Asiatic Barred Zone Act. It was passed on February 4th, 1917 by the United States Congress with overwhelming majority, which actually overrode President Woodrow Wilson's veto on December 14th, 1916. This act affixed to the number of undesirables banned from entering the country. This included but was not limited to, "idiots", "feeble-minded persons", "criminals", "epileptics", "insane persons", "alcoholics", "professional beggars", all persons "mentally or physically defective", "polygamists", and "anarchists.

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