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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 94
Author: Pan (D)
Introduced:1/7/16
Vote: 21
SUBJECT: Day of Inclusion
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This resolution acknowledges December 17 each year as
an annual "Day of Inclusion" in recognition and appreciation of
the priceless contributions of all immigrants to the greatness
of the United States and California.
ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1)The Burlingame Treaty of 1868, which encouraged the flow of
Chinese immigration, was signed into law with the intent to
protect Chinese in the United States against discrimination,
exploitation, and violence in the United States. Chinese
immigrants arrived in large numbers and greatly contributed to
the advancement and progress of the United States to its
position as one of the world's greatest superpowers.
2)The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first major law to
single out and forbid a specific ethnic group, the Chinese,
from immigrating to and becoming naturalized citizens of the
United States, and was followed by the Geary Act of 1892,
which extended the prohibitions of the Chinese Exclusion Act
of 1882 and imposed new and onerous requirements on Chinese
immigrants.
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3)In the wake of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and the Geary
Act of 1892, additional laws were enacted to perpetuate
discrimination and unequal treatment of Chinese and other
minority groups, including numerous antimiscegenation laws
that prohibited marriage between white women and men of
minority background or ancestry; the Alien Land Law of 1913
that prohibited "aliens ineligible for citizenship" from
owning land or property; the Cable Act of 1922 that terminated
the United States citizenship of any woman who married an
alien ineligible for United States citizenship; and the
Immigration Act of 1924 that limited the number of immigrants
who could be admitted from any country and prohibited the
immigration of all Asians.
4)The Chinese Exclusion Act was finally repealed on December 17,
1943, by way of the Magnuson Act, marking a turning point in
societal reaction toward immigrants and their common struggle
for fairness and equality.
5)Executive Order 9066, issued by President Franklin D.
Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, allowed for the incarceration
of 120,000 Japanese Americans without due process of the law
as well as the discharge of Japanese Americans serving in the
Armed Forces, and was followed by the establishment of the War
Relocation Authority to administer the relocation of Japanese
Americans to internment camps.
6)On August 10, 1988, President Ronald W. Reagan signed the
Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which found that Executive Order
9066 was caused by racial prejudice, war hysteria, and a
failure of political leadership.
7)According to the data from the United States Federal Bureau of
Investigation, in concurrence with the ongoing immigration
reform debate, hate crimes targeting Hispanic Americans rose
40 percent from 2003 to 2007, marking four consecutive years
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of increases.
8)The amount of anti-Semitic extremist rhetoric and activity has
increased, causing Jewish Americans and institutions to fall
victim to bias-motivated violence.
9)Despite the commitment of the United States to further racial,
religious, and cultural tolerance, embodied by the repeal of
the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, intolerance and
discrimination against immigrants and minority groups persist,
and the 73rd anniversary of the repeal of the Chinese
Exclusion Act of 1882, on December 17, 2016, represents a
timely and excellent opportunity for our nation to rededicate
itself to the eradication of intolerance and discrimination
against immigrants and minority groups.
This resolution acknowledges December 17 each year as an annual
"Day of Inclusion" in recognition and appreciation of the
priceless contributions of all immigrants to the greatness of
the United States and especially to our great state, California.
Prior Legislation
ACR 76 (Eng, Resolution Chapter 108, Statutes of 2009)
acknowledged December 17 each year as an annual "Day of
Inclusion" in recognition and appreciation of the priceless
contributions of all immigrants to the greatness of the United
States and California.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:NoLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified1/25/16)
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None received
OPPOSITION: (Verified1/25/16)
None received
Prepared by: Karen Chow / SFA / (916) 651-1520
1/29/16 11:24:20
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