https://dh.scu.edu/exhibits/files/original/179/4959/orig_3819354_6649.jpg 02ed8455571054b77026c2b3d82040cb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Immigration - Fall 2024 (HIST 27/127) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Letter from Chinese Inspector Thomas Thomas in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to the Commissioner-General of Immigration Transmitting Jim Long's Request That His Certificate of Residence be Returned" Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource www.docsteach.org Subject The topic of the resource Old immigration archives Description An account of the resource "In 1900 the Office of the Superintendent of Immigration, which had been established in the Department of the Treasury in 1891, became the chief agency responsible for implementing Federal regulations mandated by the Chinese exclusion laws. Both the Chinese Bureau within the Customs Service and the Chinese Division of the INS employed "Chinese" inspectors, people designated to enforce the Chinese exclusion laws. Immigration-related decisions made by these Federal officials were sometimes appealed to Federal courts, which also heard criminal cases involving Chinese alleged to be living in the United States illegally. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Chinese Exclusion Act: Researching in the National Archives, Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Thomas Thomas, Jim Long. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/6/1905 date of letter Type The nature or genre of the resource moving image and interactive resource Language A language of the resource English Relation A related resource A letter from an immigrant. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm Archive