Scott Act

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The Scott Act was an 1888 U.S. federal law that drastically tightened Chinese exclusion by prohibiting Chinese laborers who had left the United States from reentering, even if they previously held valid return certificates.

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Scott Act canonical 1
Scott Act of 1888 1

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese exclusion law ⓘ
United States federal law ⓘ
immigration law ⓘ
affectedPopulation Chinese immigrant communities in the United States ⓘ
amends Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 ⓘ
appliesTo Chinese laborers previously residing in the United States ⓘ
areaOfLaw immigration law ⓘ
race-based exclusion law ⓘ
consequence heightened diplomatic tensions between the United States and China ⓘ
stranded thousands of Chinese laborers outside the United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateEnacted 1888 ⓘ
fullName Scott Act of 1888 ⓘ
linked to: Scott Act
historicalPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked a major escalation of Chinese exclusion in U.S. immigration law ⓘ
implementedThrough federal immigration authorities ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
languageOfDocument English ⓘ
legalEffect invalidated previously issued return certificates for Chinese laborers ⓘ
prohibited reentry of Chinese laborers who had left the United States ⓘ
tightened enforcement of Chinese exclusion laws ⓘ
legalStatus superseded by later immigration legislation ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
motivatedBy anti-Chinese sentiment in the United States ⓘ
namedAfter William Lawrence Scott ⓘ
overrides return certificates previously granted to Chinese laborers ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Washington, D.C. ⓘ
policyType exclusionary immigration policy ⓘ
presidentAtEnactment Grover Cleveland ⓘ
prohibits reentry of Chinese laborers who departed the United States ⓘ
relatedTo Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 ⓘ
Geary Act ⓘ
repealedOrModified provisions of the Chinese Exclusion Act related to reentry ⓘ
signedBy Grover Cleveland ⓘ
subject Chinese Exclusion policy ⓘ
Chinese immigration ⓘ
Chinese laborers ⓘ
immigration restriction ⓘ
targetedGroup Chinese laborers ⓘ
typeOfRestriction permanent exclusion from reentry for affected Chinese laborers ⓘ
yearEnacted 1888 ⓘ

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Geary Act → laterExtendedBy → Scott Act ⓘ
Scott Act → fullName → Scott Act of 1888 ⓘ
linked to: Scott Act