The newly established Center for Immigration Law, Policy, and Justice launched this semester’s series of events with a well-attended screening of “The Chinese Exclusion Act” a documentary film by Ric Burns and Li-Shin Yu. The film examined the 1882 law that prohibited Chinese workers from coming to America and precluded Chinese nationals already in the country from obtaining U.S. Citizenship. The film also discussed stereotypes and the cultural atmosphere in the US surrounding the enactment of the act. Following the film, a panel discussion led by Dean David Lopez, Professor Sahar Aziz, and Professor Rose Cuison Villazor, unpacked the contemporary […]
