Who were the original illegal immigrants from a historical perspective?

What does the perspective of Chinese immigrants add to our understanding of the Chinese Exclusion Act?

  • Answer:

    After being forcibly driven from the gold mines, Chinese took up low end wage labor. With economy in decline, anti-Chinese animosity became politicized by the Workingman's Party as well as by CA Governor, whom blamed Chinese for depressed wage levels

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