Immigration Act of 1918

Immigration Act of 1918
Other short titles	Dillingham-Hardwick Act
Long title	An Act to exclude and expel from the United States aliens who are members of the anarchistic and similar classes.
Nicknames	Alien Anarchists Exclusion Act of 1918
Enacted by	the 65th United States Congress
Effective	October 16, 1918
Citations
Public law	Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 65–221
Statutes at Large	40 Stat. 1012
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 12402 by John L. Burnett (D–AL); Signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on October 16, 1918;

The United States Immigration Act of 1918 (ch. 186, 40 Stat. 1012) was enacted on October 16, 1918. It is also known as the Dillingham-Hardwick Act. It was intended to correct what President Woodrow Wilson's administration considered to be deficiencies in previous laws, in order to enable the government to deport undesirable aliens, specifically anarchists, communists, labor organizers, and similar activists.

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