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Contents 1 Fork 2 Immigration Act of 1907 3 Under "Farming"... 4 Years 5 Citiations needed?

[edit] Fork

I forked this page from Japanese American mainly so that we can have an elaborated history cross-linked from Japanese American internment, which doesn't require as extensive a history pre-WWII. However, the treatment of history should be more elaborate than that at Japanese American. --ishu 01:11, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Immigration Act of 1907

This act effectively stopped Japanese-Americans from immigrating to the continential US from Hawaii, Mexico, or Canada.

"This act was enacted on February 20, 1907, and took effect on July 1, 1907"- from Encyclopedia of Japanese American History: An A-to-Z Reference from 1868 to the Present. Ed. Brian Niiya. Updated Edition. New York: Facts on File, Inc, 2001.

Is this significant enough to be included in the timeline? Also, there doesn't seem to be a Wikipedia Article on it. Should one be made, or am I just failing to search for the correct one? 169.229.121.94 05:35, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Ok, 1 note: THIS IS NOT THE GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT! It WORKED with the Gentlemen's Agreement to end Japanese labor immigration to the US, but it was different. Thanks. 169.229.121.94 08:37, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

What I think is the relevant passage of said act, that 'ended Japanese-American Immigration to the US from Hawaii, Mexico, or Canada' (important section bolded): "Provided further, That whenever the President shall be satisfied that passports issued by any foreign government to its citizens to go to any country other than the United States or to any insular possession of the United States or to the Canal Zone are being used for the purpose of enabling the holders to come to the continental territory of the United States to the detriment of labor conditions therein, the President may refuse to permit such citizens of the country issuing such passports to enter the continental territory of the United States from such other country or from such insular possessions or from the Canal Zone." I.e., if we determine that you are going to compete w/ U.S. laborers, we don't have to let you in, even if you have a passport. I believe that Hawaii fell under category of insular possessions at the time, and that Mexico & Canada were under the category of any other country. I'm not very good at reading legal documents, so if this is a misreading, please let me know. The website I got the text off of (and contains the full text of the Act) is http://www.historycentral.com/Documents/immigrationact.html 169.229.121.94 23:49, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

I've added the Immigration Act of 1907 to 1907, as well as creating a red link to its page. Could someone please edit it to be better/take it out if not relevant/create a page for the Immigration Act of 1907? Thank you! 169.229.121.94 00:03, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Under "Farming"...

Huh? Why aren't the plantations mentioned at all? The Hawaii sugar plantations were a MAJOR part of Japanese American history. See the Strangers from a Different Shore book for details... but how could this have been totally ignored? That's where the Picture Brides were sent, etc... could someone please add this? 169.229.121.94 00:08, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

(Adding on to previous comment) Ok, so it does mention Hawaii... but plantation farming is different from farming, in that a) you're working for someone and b) there are overseers, c) there are community camps, d) people of various ethincities, e) you don't strike on your own farm to raise your wages, etc... 169.229.121.94 00:12, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Years

Why are some years linked to their pages, while others aren't? 169.229.121.94 05:25, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to go ahead and change that, if no one minds. Please revert if this is a bad idea. 169.229.121.94 05:26, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Citiations needed?

Could someone please label where Citations are needed? Thanks, I'll try to help. 169.229.121.94 05:33, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Specifically, what to confirm or check for accuracy? I can't help unless I know what's missing! Thanks. 169.229.121.94 01:30, 22 November 2006 (UTC)