Nativist actions towards the end of the 19th century started discrimination against the "New" immigrants. Fears that jobs would be taken away spiraled into demands that the government restrict immigration. In 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed, forbidding all Chinese from arriving in America. For most, Angel Island on the coast of California would be the closest they could get to America. Soon after, Congress extended this Exclusion Act to other Asians. This would not be lifted until the mid 1900's.
Congress also set up quotas limiting the amount of European immigrants arriving in the United States. Small amounts of people were allowed in. These immigrants would face much discrimination and prejudice from Nativists.
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