Iris Chang - Somebody who was born in this country who visited China would later face difficulty get...

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Somebody who was born in this country who visited China would later face difficulty getting back in to the USA. We have to keep in mind that the struggles of the Chinese against these exclusion laws really laid down the foundations of civil rights law.

Iris Chang

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Jemand, der in diesem Land geboren wurde und China besuchte, hatte später Schwierigkeiten, in die USA zurückzukehren. Wir müssen bedenken, dass die Kämpfe der Chinesen gegen diese Ausschlussgesetze die Grundlagen des Bürgerrechtsgesetzes wirklich festgelegt haben.

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