HIST 114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Patsy Mink, Santa Barbara City College, Daniel Inouye
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1952 the mccarran-walter act: some parts of that immigration law benefited the american japanese, for example, it has allowed all asians residing in the united states and its territories to become citizens, including hawaii. It also allowed the entry of 2,000 asians into the country each year. The immigration act of 1924 had absolutely prohibited asian immigration. In hawaii issei was able to become citizens and vote for the first time under the. Mccarran-walter act: a group of young nisei leaders, led by daniel inouye, who had lost an arm in combat during world war ii, was elected to the legislature of hawaii in 1954. Mainland: while in the early 1950s japanese americans living in the united states could not achieve as much as hawaiian japanese did, they gained some acceptance, also supporting japanese americans on the mainland was the mccarren-walter. War brides: the largest group of japanese immigrants in the 1950s, however, consisted of.
