\Chinese Exclusion Act\
Any of several acts forbidding the immigration of Chinese
laborers into the United States, originally from 1882 to 1892
by act of May 6, 1882, then from 1892 to 1902 by act May 5,
1892. By act of April 29, 1902, all existing legislation on
the subject was re["e]nacted and continued, and made
applicable to the insular possessions of the United States.