Again, until 1882-1891, reasons other than “you’re Chinese” didn’t exist in US immigration. We didn’t even bar felons or people with contagious diseases before

Again, until 1882-1891, reasons other than “you’re Chinese” didn’t exist in US immigration. We didn’t even bar felons or people with contagious diseases before that act. Pregnancy certainly wasn’t disqualifying. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1882 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1882 > It imposed a head tax on non-citizens of the United States who came to American ports and restricted certain classes of people from immigrating to America, including criminals, the insane, or "any person unable to take care of him or herself." The act created what is recognized as the first federal immigration bureaucracy and laid the foundation for more regulations on immigration, such as the Immigration Act of 1891. The quotas you describe didn’t come until the 1920s. Well after the amendment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1924?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1924?wprov=...