"Asian Exclusion Zone" from the 1917 Immigration Law
- Title
- "Asian Exclusion Zone" from the 1917 Immigration Law
- Subject
- Immigration
- Description
- "Asian Exclusion Zone" from the 1917 Immigration Law. The "Asian Exclusion Zone" corresponded to the area enclosed by the thick black line, encompassing the entirety of South and Southeast Asia. The 1917 Act stipulated that no one from these regions was allowed to immigrate into the US except in very specific cases.
- Creator
- U.S. Congress
- Source
- Text of the 1917 Immigration Act
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
- Date
- 1917
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Relation
- https://www.loc.gov/item/18001976/
- Format
- Printed map in ink, .jpg.
- Language
- English
- Type
- Map
- Identifier
- Asiatic_Exclusion_Zone_Map
- Original Format
- Map printed with ink
- Text
- Map showing Asiatic Exclusion Zone prescribed in section three of Immigration Act, the natives of which are excluded from the United States, with certain exceptions.
(Section indicated by diagonal lines covered by treaty and laws relating to Chinese. The Philippine Islands are United States possessions and therefore not included in barred zone.)
Files
Citation
U.S. Congress, “"Asian Exclusion Zone" from the 1917 Immigration Law,” Oskar Diethelm Library, Weill Cornell Medical College, accessed August 8, 2026, https://oskardiethelm.omeka.net/items/show/471.