The Immigration Act of 1924<span> (The Johnson-Reed </span>Act<span>) The </span>Immigration Act of 1924<span>limited the number of </span>immigrants<span> allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota. ... In 1917, the U.S. Congress enacted the first widely restrictive </span>immigration<span> law.
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The First restrictive immigration law was passed in 1917, in which migrants were required to show basic reading comprehension before entering US and had to pay more taxes.
In 1924 another immigration act was passed which was also known as Johnson- Reed act. It included the provisions to exclude the migrants of a certain race, region, and nationality from entering the US, especially those of Asian origin including the Japanese who were earlier allowed to migrate. In 1924 congressional debates on the issue of immigration and quota system was widely discussed. The decision to lower the exiting quota of migrants based on the 1910 census.
They knew they needed to replace the British government after the war was over, and the Continental Congress suggested that each state write its own constitution.
