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<p>Before 1882, the U.S. federal government had never formally deported anyone, but that year an act of Congress made Chinese workers the first group of immigrants eligible for deportation. Over the next forty years, lawmakers and judges expanded deportable categories to include prostitutes, anarchists, the sick, and various kinds of criminals. The history of that lengthening list shaped the policy options U.S. citizens continue to live with into the present.<br><br><i>Deportation</i> covers the
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- Author
- Hester, Torrie
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780812294026
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Law, Political Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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