incerity....But alas! what times are these!...when former kind rela-tions are forgotten, when we Chinese are viewed like thieves and enemies..." (Pun 589).
             These awful laws and practices towards Chinese immigration led to many violent events. In 1871, a mob of whites invaded a Chinese neighborhood in Los Angles and killed 21 residents. A similar event occurred in 1876 that became know as the Truckee Raid. During this incident, whites torched a Chinese home and shot its residents when they fled into the streets. More episodes followed that were often instigated by the "Order of Caucasians", thugs who openly advocated violence. Groups such as the "Order of Caucasians" became common during this time period and provoked Chinese discrimination. The early discrimination of Chinese immigrants is the foundation for the later discrimination that developed and soon pertained not just to Chinese immigrants but to all immigrants in general.
             In 1879, Congress passed a Chinese Exclusion Bill, giving in to pressure from ant
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