Lo Mein Loophole: How U.S. Immigration Law Fueled A Chinese Restaurant Boom
Lo Mein Loophole: How U.S. Immigration Law Fueled A Chinese Restaurant Boom
Amid mounting social tensions, the US passed immigration laws that explicitly barred Chinese laborers from immigrating or becoming US citizens, but a loophole allowed restaurants to obtain special merchant visas.
February 22, 2016 at 09:38PM