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SRES 201 112th Congress Senate Immigration Asia China Immigration status and procedures Racial and ethnic relations U.S. history

A resolution expressing the regret of the Senate for the passage of discriminatory laws against the Chinese in America, including the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Introduced: May 26, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Oct 6, 2011
Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6353-6354)
Oct 6, 2011
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S6353-6354)
Oct 6, 2011
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6352-6354)
Oct 6, 2011
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
May 26, 2011
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3451-3453)
May 26, 2011
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

States that the Senate: (1) acknowledges that the framework of anti-Chinese legislation, including the Chinese Exclusion Act, is incompatible with the basic founding principles of equality recognized in the Declaration of Independence; (2) regrets passing six decades of legislation targeting the Chinese people for physical and political exclusion; and (3) reaffirms its commitment to preserving the same civil rights and constitutional protections for people of Chinese or other Asian descent in the United States accorded to all others.

States that nothing in this resolution may be construed to authorize or support, or serve as a settlement of, any claim against the United States.

What's happening now October 6, 2011

Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6353-6354)

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