Chinese Expulsion Act of 1882 (npr.org)

Thought-provoking article. Why on earth did NPR wait until after the 2024 election to publish this?

It's the Chinese Exclusion Act, not Expulsion. Though it did create some excuses to expel Chinese already living here.

The next year, Emma Lazarus wrote "Give me your tired, your poor..." for the Statue of Liberty. So the poem was a lie even before it was written down.