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Chinese Exclusion Act

sepia toned image of young boy, with some damage to photo around edges
Immigration
For a child migrant, days feel like a lifetime when you’re imprisoned and alone
Two older men meet each other and shake hands.
Conflict
Decades after an immigration policy separated his family, a man searches for his ancestral village
A man stands outside holding a photograph in front of a white sheet
Justice
One legacy of the Chinese Exclusion Act? Secrecy.