Magnuson Act of 1943

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The Magnuson Act of 1943 was a U.S. law that repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act, allowed limited Chinese immigration, and granted Chinese immigrants the right to naturalize as American citizens.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law
immigration law
alsoKnownAs Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943
annualQuotaNumber 105
appliesTo Chinese immigrants in the United States
Chinese nationals
chamber United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED
United States Senate
codifiedIn United States Statutes at Large
country United States
dateEnacted 1943-12-17
discriminationStatus ended explicit statutory exclusion of Chinese immigrants
effect allowed limited Chinese immigration to the United States
ended formal Chinese exclusion in U.S. immigration law
granted Chinese immigrants eligibility for U.S. citizenship
grantsRight immigration visas for Chinese nationals
naturalization for Chinese immigrants
historicalContext U.S.–China alliance against Japan
World War II
impactOnCommunity Chinese American community
imposedQuotaOn Chinese immigrants
jurisdiction federal government of the United States
language English
legalArea citizenship law
immigration regulation
legalStatusOfChinese permitted to become naturalized U.S. citizens
legislativeBody United States Congress
longTermImpact paved way for later removal of racial barriers in U.S. immigration law
motivatedBy desire to improve U.S. image in Asia
wartime alliance with China
namedAfter Warren G. Magnuson
predecessor Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
presidentAtEnactment Franklin D. Roosevelt
quotaBasis nationality
reasonForPassage to repeal Chinese exclusion laws and permit Chinese naturalization
relatedTo Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
repeals Chinese Exclusion Act
Chinese Exclusion laws
signedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt
sponsor Warren G. Magnuson
stillMaintained national origins quota for Chinese immigrants
subject Chinese immigration to the United States
naturalization of Chinese immigrants
typeOfChange partial liberalization of racial restrictions in U.S. immigration law
yearEnacted 1943

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Chinese Americans
historicalEventAssociated
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 ("Magnuson Act")
repealedBy

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