Chinese Immigration and the Chinese Exclusion Acts - Office of the Historian

The article is relevant and contains this great piece:

Democrats, led by supporters in the West, advocated for all-out exclusion of Chinese immigrants. Although Republicans were largely sympathetic to western concerns, they were committed to a platform of free immigration.

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Shows how much times change. I forget the details, but at some point the democrats and republicans basically flipped somehow.

EDIT: Let's bring the Whigs back, Whig party best party.

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Chinese Immigration and the Chinese Exclusion Acts - Office of the Historian

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