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Page Act passed.

Date: 1875

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One of the earliest immigration exclusion policies, the Page Act bans "criminals," sex workers, and Chinese contract laborers from entering the U.S. This act also effectively blocks the entry of "unmarried" Asian women, and promotes a perception of single Asian women as dangerous to white morality.