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President Chester A. Arthur signed the Chinese exclusion act in 1882 which banned Chinese immigration to the United States for a total of 40 years.
They were quite successful in protecting those inside.
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Depending on the time you mean "born" (Independence, when the Constitution was ratified, etc) all states had state legislatures and governors, who were responsible for the long-term affairs of each state.