Japanese exclusion

Japanese exclusion
A policy, since abrogated, of excluding Japanese, along with other members of the yellow race, from immigration. Japanese Immigrant Case (Yamataya v Fisher) 189 US 86, 47 L Ed 721, 23 S Ct 611. The former policy, since abrogated, of excluding Japanese, along with other members of the yellow race, from naturalization. Re Yamashita, 30 Wash 234, 70 P 482. The exclusion of Japanese from certain areas on the West Coast at the beginning of the war with Japan, as authorized by Act of March 21, 1942 and Executive Order 9066.

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