<Li> 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act: Cessation of immigration from China . </Li> <Li> 1898 United States v. Wong Kim Ark: A US - born son of Chinese immigrants was ruled to be a US citizen under the birthright citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment; the Chinese Exclusion Act was held not to apply to someone born in the US . </Li> <Li> 1915 Guinn & Beal v. United States: Ruling found that Filipinos can naturalize . </Li> <Li> 1917 Asiatic Barred Zone Act prohibits immigration to the U.S. from most of the Asian continent, including the region of British India, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East . </Li>

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