In 2023, U.S. President Joe Biden formally apologized for the Chinese Exclusion Act, a discriminatory immigration law that weaponized the U.S. immigration system to discriminate against Chinese immigrants for 61 years, contradicting the nation's founding principle of equality; the Act was part of the anti-Chinese 'Driving Out' era that included massacres like Rock Springs and Hells Canyon, and was finally repealed in 1943, leading to an immigration system that better reflected American values as a nation of immigrants.
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Added:In 2023, United States President Joe Biden formally spoke out on the discriminatory Chinese Exclusion Act, 141 years after it was issued and on the 80th anniversary of its repeal.
Our nation was founded on the fundamental idea that we are created equal and deserve to be treated equally.
But for 61 years, the Chinese Exclusion Act failed to live up to that promise.
It weaponized our immigration system to discriminate against an entire ethnic group and was followed by further discrimination against many in Europe and all of Asia.
The Act, along with racism and xenophobia in other parts of American life, was part of the anti-Chinese "Driving Out" era which included the Rock Springs and Hells Canyon massacres.
In 1943, the Chinese Exclusion Act was repealed and it was followed by laws that led to an immigration system that better reflected our values as a nation of immigrants. — Statement from President Joe Biden on the 80th Anniversary of the Repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act,December 17, 2023
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