Scott Act (1888)
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The Scott Act was a United States law that prohibited U.S. resident Chinese laborers from returning to the United States. Its main author was William Lawrence Scott of Pennsylvania, and it was signed into law by U.S. President Grover Cleveland on October 1, 1888.[1][2] It was introduced to expand upon the Chinese Exclusion Act passed in 1882 and left an estimated 20,000-30,000 Chinese outside the United States at the time of its passage stranded, with no option to return to their U.S. residence.[1]
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Long title | An Act a supplement to an act entitled "An Act to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese," approved the sixth day of May eighteen hundred and eighty-two. |
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Nicknames | Chinese Exclusion Law of 1888 |
Enacted by | the 50th United States Congress |
Effective | October 1, 1888 |
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Public law | 50-1064 |
Statutes at Large | 25 Stat. 504 |
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