The 1885 Alien Contract Labor Law (Sess. II Chap. 164; 23 Stat. 332), also known as the Foran Act, was an act to prohibit the importation and migration...
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Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States (category 1892 in United States case law)
Alien Contract Labor Law, which prohibited "the importation and migration of foreigners and aliens under contract or agreement to perform labor or service...
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United States labor law sets the rights and duties for employees, labor unions, and employers in the US. Labor law's basic aim is to remedy the "inequality...
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Immigration Act of 1891 (category 1891 in American law)
ones are below: Alien Contract Labor Law, passed February 26, 1885, made it unlawful to import aliens into the United States under contract for the performance...
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Exclusion Act of 1882 and also the Alien Contract labor law 1885. Even though the Acts were useful to pass the laws they wanted, they weren't satisfied...
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Terence V. Powderly (category Knights of Labor people)
influence reportedly led to the passing of the alien contract labor law in 1885 and establishment of labor bureaus and arbitration boards in many states...
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Immigration Act of 1917 (category 1917 in American law)
prostitutes, and lunatics or idiots. The Alien Contract Labor Law of 1885 prohibited employers from contracting with foreign laborers and bringing them...
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Dow v. United States (category United States immigration and naturalization case law)
series of prohibitive laws including the Page Act of 1875, the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, and the Alien Contract Labor Law of 1885 further restricted...
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The California Alien Land Law of 1913 (also known as the Webb–Haney Act) prohibited "aliens ineligible for citizenship" from owning agricultural land or...
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Alien land laws were a series of legislative attempts to discourage Asian and other "non-desirable" immigrants from settling permanently in U.S. states...
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