Immigration Restriction Act of 1924

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:affects	immigration policy in the United States until 1965
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Johnson-Reed_Act
gptkbp:category	gptkb:History_of_immigration_to_the_United_States United States federal immigration and nationality legislation 1924 in American law
gptkbp:citation	43 Stat. 153
gptkbp:created	gptkb:U.S._Border_Patrol
gptkbp:dateEnacted	May 26, 1924
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:68th_United_States_Congress
gptkbp:established	national origins quota system
gptkbp:excludes	gptkb:Arabs gptkb:Indians gptkb:Asians Japanese
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Immigration Restriction Act of 1924
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:racism gptkb:eugenics_movement nativism
gptkbp:officialName	gptkb:Immigration_Act_of_1924
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Emergency_Quota_Act_of_1921
gptkbp:prohibits	immigration of aliens ineligible for citizenship
gptkbp:purpose	limit immigration to the United States
gptkbp:repealedBy	gptkb:Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1952
gptkbp:restrictedImmigrationFrom	gptkb:Asia gptkb:Southern_Europe gptkb:Eastern_Europe
gptkbp:setQuota	2% of 1890 census population for each nationality
gptkbp:signedBy	gptkb:Calvin_Coolidge
gptkbp:startDate	July 1, 1924
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:eugenics_movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6