Immigration Act of 1924
It was a legislation that was supposed to limit the immigration numbers from other areas of the world, and maintain the ideal of American homogeneity. The Immigration Act of 1924 was introduced by Congressman Albert Johnson in the House of Representatives and David Reed in the senate, purposely to regulate the influx of immigrants to the United States. It was also known as the Johnson-Reid Act, enacted with the aim of restricting immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe, and the complete barring of Japanese from entering the American soil. It was signed into law on May 26 1924; it was ...