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====Chinese Exclusion Act====

====Chinese Exclusion Act====

As a backer of domestic labor interests, Blair pushed to exclude Chinese immigrants from the U.S. workforce who had already been the target of bigoted attacks,<ref name=harpweek/> particularly from the Irish and in the Western region. He was one of nine Republican senators to vote for the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882,<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/47-1/s370 TO PASS H.R. 5804. (P. 3412).] ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved November 26, 2021.</ref> which prohibited Chinese laborers from immigrating to the U.S. for a decade.

As a backer of domestic labor interests, Blair pushed to exclude Chinese immigrants from the U.S. workforce who had already been the target of bigoted attacks,<ref name=harpweek/> particularly from the Irish and in the Western region. He was one of nine Republican senators to vote for the [[Chinese Exclusion Act]] of 1882,<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/47-1/s370 TO PASS H.R. 5804. (P. 3412).] ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved November 26, 2021.</ref> which prohibited Chinese laborers from immigrating to the U.S. for a decade.

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