The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was signed by President Chest A. Arthur. Within this act, the immigration of Chinese laborers was not permitted due to the fact it endangered the order of the United States laborers. This made immigration very hard for a non-laborer Chinese person and made it so very few Chinese could enter the country. When the act expired after the 10 years in 1892, Congress extended it for another 10 years and called it the Geary Act. This act was made permanent in 1902 and required all Chinese to register and obtain a certificate, without a certificate, a Chinese man could faced deportation. By 1943, Congress had repealed all the exclusion acts and set a limit of 105 Chinese immigrating per year. This only lasted
