The "paper son" scheme was used to bypass this law, which was extended for ten years by the Geary Act and made permanent in 1902.
The "paper son" scheme was used to bypass this law, which was extended for ten years by the Geary Act and made permanent in 1902. Repealed by the Magnuson Act during World War II, a side effect of it was the Webb Alien Land Law. Denis Kearney, the head of the Workingmen's Party of California, was one of its chief proponents, and Benjamin Harrison opposed it because he believed that it violated the Burlingame Treaty of 1868. For 10 points, name this 1882 law that restricted immigration to the United States from a certain Asian country.
The "paper son" scheme was used to bypass this law, which was extended for ten years by the Geary Act and made permanent in 1902.
{Chinese Exclusion} Act