The Immigration Act of 1924, or Johnson–Reed Act, including the National Origins Act, and Asian Exclusion Act was a United States federal law limiting number immigrants admitted to 2% of people from that country who were already living in the United States in 1890, down from the 3% cap set by the Immigration Restriction Act of 1921, per Census of 1890. Superseding 1921 Emergency Quota Act. It restricted Southern and Eastern Europeans, Middle Easterners, East Asians and Asian Indians.
The Immigration Act of 1924, or Johnson–Reed Act, including the National Origins Act, and Asian Exclusion Act was a United States federal law limiting number immigrants admitted to 2% of people from that country who were already living in the United States in 1890, down from the 3% cap set by the Immigration Restriction Act of 1921, per Census of 1890. Superseding 1921 Emergency Quota Act. It restricted Southern and Eastern Europeans, Middle Easterners, East Asians and Asian Indians.
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