#ResistanceRoots Today in History, 1882: President Arthur signs into law the Chinese Exclusion Act, banning immigration by Chinese laborers and denying Chinese residents in the U.S. the ability to become citizens. The law was to last for 10 years but was later renewed and expanded. /1

I'm confused! I thought America was all about the immigrant. Everybody getting an equal shot at the American dream. Or was that just more American bullshit?