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Chinese Exclusion Act
President A. Chester Arthur signed this law. The law prohibited all Chinese laborers from entering the United States of America. -
Immigration Act of 1882
U.S. Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1882. The first page of the act restricted Asians (mostly forced laborers) coming to the States. It was called The Page Act of 1875. -
Magnuson Act/Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943
This law was repealed in 1943 by the Magnuson Act. It was proposed by U.S. Rep. William G. Magnuson. -
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Cheng Chui Ping Biography
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Immigration and Nationality Services Act of 1965.
After the Magnuson Act was passed, Chinese immigration increased. Ergo, the Immigration and Nationality Services Act of 1965 was set into motion but it was enacted in 1968. Lyndon B. Johnson signed it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1965.
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Starting a business
Ping started her smuggling business after she entered the U.S. in 1981. She ruled her enterprise from a store in Chinatown in Manhattan.
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FUN FACT!
Ping had a husband he was arrested for smuggling in a group of Fujanese people across the Canadian border near Niagra Falls by using a $59 dollar raft. Consequently, four people died and he served 9 months in prison.
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Brushes with the Law
She was arrested for paying an undercover policeman to smuggle illegal immigrants from China through Canada and New York. She admitted to the crime in Buffalo, NY and was sentenced to four months in prison.
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Back On The Streets
Ping moved to 47 East Broadway after getting out of prison and across the street from a branch of the Bank Of China, she bought a restraunt for 3 million dollars. She organized it and it became a center of the illegal Fujan Chinese Community.
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The Golden Venture
The Golden Venture(a cargo ship) carried 300 immigrants to Queens, New York after a three month voyage.
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Surprise!
After the Golden Venture occurred, she was invited to a Communist Party in China to be honored there for her "heroic actions" by the Chinese. Instead she was arrested but talked her way out of custody. She didn't return to America because the Golden Venture case was getting "close to her".
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Caught!
Interpol checked Ping's names on list of flight names from Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok aiport to New York. They found her son's name on the Hong Kong list and saw Sister Ping in the airport. She was arrested and the police found out she carried 3 passports with her. She was scheduled for a hearing in June 1999 but she was diagnosed with depression she it was pushed back a month later.
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Trial
In July 2003, she was delivered to the U.S.. A list of 25 people from around the world attended her trial (Guatemala, Canada, and more).
https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/stories/2006/march/sisterping_031706. -
Death
She died in Texas. She was serving a 35-year sentenced before she died.
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/28/nyregion/cheng-chui-ping-a-smuggler-of-immigrants-dies-in-prison-but-is-praised-in-chinatown.html?_r=0 -
Legacy
After Ping died on April 24,2014 in Texas, her crimes have left a huge impact on people, specifically Chinese people. People in Chinatown mourned at the news of her death. They believed she was a hero, thus calling her "a modern day Robin Hood".
http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/04/29/307770316/ringleader-of-human-smuggling-ring-dies-leaving-a-complex-legacy
