It would enable them to pay back their loans more easily
On 18 August, 1846 in Santa Fe
Stephen Kearny captured Santa Fe, without using firearms (guns, rifles, etc...). He did this as part of the Kearny expedition. During this time he ordered his men to help travelers from the Oregon Trail across the Great Plains, to avoid getting attacked by Native Americans.
The difficulty that both chinese and japanese immigrants face when they try to pass the immigration stations during that period is : Chinese and japanese immigrants were restricted by law from entering united states
This was known as the exclusion act. The main purpose of this policy was to protect the job opportunities from the united states citizen that being threaten by the availability of cheap immigrant workers