The 1945 Act only exempted spouses and dependents of military personnel from the quotas established by the
Servicemen … See more

In response to World War II and the large number of servicemen that had wives and families abroad, the War Brides Act was passed in December 1945. The act was meant to facilitate the immigration of women an… See more

The War Brides Act brought about increased concern over marital fraud. Some of this came from nativists because of the increase of immigrants, and some from other people. Marriage to a soldier was no guarantee … See more

• Nationality Act of 1940
• Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
• History of Asian American immigration
• History of laws concerning immigration and naturalization in the United States… See more

• Susan Zeiger, Entangling Alliances: Foreign War Brides and American Soldiers in the Twentieth Century (New York University Press, 2010)
• Xiaojian Zhao, Remaking Chinese America: Immigration, Family, an… See more