s the unilateral right to regulate, limit or suspend the immigration of Chinese laborers, canceling the right of Chinese to enter the country. (3,1098) Congress the suspended the immigration of Chinese laborers for twenty years, but President Chester A. Arthur vetoed the bill, arguing that a "shorter experiment" was more prudent.(3,343) Congress quickly complied and made a ten-year bill that the President signed on May 6, 1882. (3,343) The Act suspended immigration of Chinese laborers for ten years while exempting teachers, students, merchants, and tourists. (3,343) It also denied all Chinese persons the right to become naturalized citizens. (3,1098) The law was renewed for a second ten-year period in 1892 and then made "permanent" in 1902. (3,343) Chinese Exclusion Act had set a precedent for many other immigration laws and acts to come.
             The Immigration Act of March 3, 1891 was the first comprehensive law for national control of immigration. (3,1098) It established the Bureau of Immigraion under the Treasury Department to administer all immigration laws (except the Chinese Exclusion Act). (3,1098) This Immigration Act also added to the inadmissible classes. The people in these classes were inadmissible to enter into the United States. (3,1098) The people in these classes were, those suffering from a contagious disease, and persons convicted of certain crimes. (3,1098)
             The Immigration Act of March 3, 1903 and The Immigration Act of February 20, 1907 added further categories to the inadmissible list. (3,1141) Immigrants were screened for their political beliefs. (3,1141) Immigrants who were believed to be anarchists or those who advocated the overthrow of government by force or the assassination of a public officer was deported. (3,1141) This act was made mainly do to the assassination of President William McKinley in 1901. (3,1140)
             On February 5, 1917 another immigration act was made. (3,1098) This Act codi...