Demanding an ‘adequate solution
’ The American Legion, the Immigration Act of 1924, and the politics of exclusion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11445232 |
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| Authors | Stephanie Hinnershitz (Valdosta State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-21 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Immigrants & Minorities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0261-9288 • E-ISSN: 1744-0521 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02619288.2015.1065737 |
| OpenAlex | W2265033459 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
This article analyses the American Legion’s role in developing a discourse of exclusion surrounding the Immigration Act of 1924. The Legion strategically used the political rhetoric of states’ rights and federalism in addition to racist and nativist language to emphasise the need for increased federal restrictions on immigration. The arguments found in the Legion’s resolutions, pamphlets and testimony to Congress place the organisation’s emphasis on the political disruptions caused by Japanese migrants within the context of evolving immigration reform. The Legion’s activism in exclusion contributes to an understanding of the history of states’ rights and federalism tropes in anti-immigrant arguments during the twentieth century
Context (archaeology · Federalism · Immigration · Immigration law · Immigration policy · Immigration reform · Inclusion–exclusion principle · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Sociology · Asian American and Pacific Histories · History · Law · Race, History, and American Society
| Highly cited | No |
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