On this day 141 years ago, a new law began reshaping America. More than a century later, Congress apologized for it

In this file photo from the 1920s, a group of Chinese and Japanese women and children wait to be processed as they are held in a wire mesh enclosure at internment barracks in Angel Island, California. As a result of the Chinese Exclusion Act and subsequent restrictions, immigrants were detained for extended periods of time there and faced the possibility of deportation. CNN —

On May 6, 1882, President Chester Arthur signed a law that reshaped America. More than a century later, Congress formally apologized for it.

The Chinese Exclusion Act blocked Chinese workers from coming legally to the country, and […]

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