Angel Island, 1910-1920

Chinese Immigration

True Story: Steamship- Tenyo Maru, 1916 Lintons Austrailian Forced to wait

overnight Inspected and

released furious

Moys Chinese Waited months Proof needed for

all information

LintonsThe Lintons were so furious about what they

went through at Angel Island, they contacted the media!!!

“The United States immigration law treats a man as if he were a criminal, imprisons him for a length of time to suit the fancy of the authorities, and herds him with the lowest type of Oriental races,”

Reverend Linton, to the San Francisco Chronical

Moys

Verify merchant status (excluded form Chinese exclusion laws)

Convince officials they were legally husband and wife

Provide evidence that the children were indeed their own

5 interrogations that lasted 3 months (298 questions!!)

Admitted on parole -with regular check ups to follow

Inspections

What did they have to go through? White, wealthy people received preferential

treatment.The Chinese/Asians Sent to a “disinfector room” to fumigate belongings Took samples of blood and waste to look for

parasites (This was based on their geographic location in Asia) Humiliated by having to remove clothing In 1915, inspectors deemed hospital unfit, but ok for

“orientals”

Chinese Exclusion Act-1882

Was it worth it?