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Events on Monday 26 May 1924 1
1924Immigration Act of 1924 signed into lawUS law imposed strict national-origin quotasPresident Calvin Coolidge signed the Johnson-Reed Act on 26 May, sharply restricting immigration and setting quotas based on 1890 census nationality data. It effectively barred immigration from Asia and sharply curtailed arrivals from Southern and Eastern Europe.