Cleveland news: the United States and China Association of Cleveland Branch recently held "discrimination and hate crimes" series of lectures, invited served as immigration judge lawyer Robert Brown (Robert Brown) as "immigrants yesterday, today and tomorrow" in the title, description American Chinese history of immigration and immigration law changes.
　　

According to reports, in his speech, Brown to the United States two hundred years of 142 major immigration bill, detailing the history of U.S. immigration and immigration law changes, including Chinese / Asian immigrants initiation, formulation of immigration bill, correction changes and in 1882 to develop, over half a century, "Chinese Exclusion Act", and the ongoing improvement in the immigration bill and prospects.

Aspects of the history of Chinese immigrants in the United States, Brown pointed out that references to historical records, the first batch of Chinese, was first developed in 1785 from Guangdong ride merchant Baltimore reach the U.S. East Coast, but no Chinese in the United States to settle down. To the mid-19th century, there are about less than 50 Chinese people living in the U.S. long-term land, is considered the earliest Chinese immigrants to the United States.
　　

In 1848-1882, the California gold rush attracted a large number of Chinese immigrants. At that time, the U.S. government does not set limits on Chinese immigration, so 1852 has more than 25,000 Chinese into the U.S. West Coast . 1880 mainly in Cantonese total number of Chinese immigrants, has more than 100,000, accounting for a quarter of the California Gold Rush of labor. Plus 1860 to 1880, the Chinese workers to participate in the construction of roads across the American continent, the Western part of the railway, as well as the western states of the hairpin h Spur Line. Therefore, since the 1890s, the Chinese have been all over the United States all states.
　　
In 1870, the U.S. economic recession, people dissatisfied blame immigrants throughout the United States in the anti-sense cumulative whites breed, the anti-China campaign gradually broke out. 1882 United States Federal Parliament passed a "Chinese Exclusion Act" to prohibit Chinese workers emigrated to the U.S.. Until 1943, the U.S. Congress repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1952 was only allowed drunk Asian J Ji, a real American.
　　

Brown said that in 1882 and 1943, hairpin h Chinese immigrants trying to circumvent the Chinese Exclusion Act, the use of illegal immigration, identity, etc. jump ship or muddle means of entering the United States. During this period the number of Chinese workers immigrated to the U.S. fell, the Chinese women migrants more scarce, Chinese immigrants had reached the differences between men and women 27 to 1. According to the 2000 census, the Asian American population than in the 1990s grew by 48%, nearly half, to 10.2 million as much.
　　
Brown said that with the increase in population, Asian immigrants in the United States has gradually formed a force, but in many ways hate crimes can face discrimination and even unfair treatment, he said, to change the status quo of Chinese immigrants to be more actively involved in the mainstream affairs, particularly suffrage, can really enhance their status.