Crossing East Program Four - Exclusion & Resistance

Program Four: Exclusion and Resistance

Keep Asians Out – that has been the consistent message toward Asian immigrants beginning with the Exclusion Act of 1882. Crossing East gives detailed accounts of immigration laws designed specifically to restrict Asian Americans.

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	Angel Island: at the Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco Bay, thousands of Asian immigrants faced detention for weeks and months. From 1910-1940 Asian immigrants were locked up in stark barracks, and many endured lengthy interrogations by officials.	Produced by Dmae Roberts
	Paper Sons: With poverty and political chaos in China, many Chinese looked to America for refuge. But with the Exclusion Act barring all but a few, Chinese immigrants had to find another way around the system.	Produced by Sara Caswell Kolbet
	Defining American: From 1907 to 1917, a few thousand men and a handful of women from the Punjab area in northern India made their way to North America. By the early 1920s, Punjabis fleeing religious persecution sought somewhere safe to live in peace. That search played a key role in fighting a legal battle that would represent all Asians in America.	Produced by Catherine Stifter and Sara Caswell Kolbet with Contributor Deepa Ranganathan
	Planting the Seeds of Citizenship: In 1934, Congress passed the Tydings McDuffie Act limiting Filipino immigration to just 50 people a year. Then in 1935 came the Repatriation Act, where Filipinos who volunteered to leave the country were given one-way tickets back to the Philippines if they agreed never to return. It was tempting, but some did not take the ticket.	Produced by Stephanie Loleng with Contributor Miae Kim
	Cambodian Deportation: Between 1975 and 1985, more than 120,000 Cambodian refugees arrived in the US. Today, some who have lived in America for nearly their entire lives are being deported back to a country they’ve never known.	Produced by Robynn Takayama with Contributor Miae Kim