This immigration law is also known as "Asians restricted Law" ( Asiatic Barred Zone Act) , passed by the U.S. Congress proposal, but was President Wilson ( President Woodrow Wilson ) the exercise of presidential veto veto, Congress has an absolute majority to override a presidential veto from the case.

This Act prohibits homosexuals, criminals, disabled, etc. into the United States, but the most controversial provisions are: it forbids all from Asian countries, including Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the Pacific islands immigrants. Before this law only Chinese people were forbidden to enter.

This method and all other information relating to immigration, naturalization and nationality bill are in 1952 was McCarran Act (McCarran-Walter Act) replaced by one , allowing the Japanese, Korean and other Asian immigrants, but there are restrictions on the number of .