Immigration Act of 1903

Immigration Act of 1903

Long title	An Act To regulate the immigration of aliens into the United States
Nicknames	Anarchist Exclusion Act of 1903
Enacted by	the 57th United States Congress
Effective	March 3, 1903
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 57–162
Statutes at Large	32 Stat. 1213
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 12199 by Boies Penrose (R–PA) on December 8, 1902 Passed the House on March 2, 1903 (153-101) Passed the Senate on March 2, 1903 (Passed) Reported by the joint conference committee on March 2, 1903; agreed to by the House on March 3, 1903 (194-11) and by the Senate on March 3, 1903 (Agreed) Signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt on March 3, 1903

The Immigration Act of 1903, also called the Anarchist Exclusion Act, was a law of the United States regulating immigration. It codified previous immigration law, and added four inadmissible classes: anarchists, people with epilepsy, beggars, and importers of prostitutes. It had minimal impact and its provisions related to anarchists were expanded in the Immigration Act of 1918.