Chew Heong v. United States: Chinese Exclusion and the Federal Courts

Chew Heong v. United States: Chinese Exclusion and the Federal Courts

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Edited by James H. Landman

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Social Education November/December 2007
A close look at the case of Chew Heong, a Chinese immigrant who challenged the nineteenth-century Chinese exclusion laws, provides important insight into early U.S. efforts to control immigration.