Gavin Newsom: “The beginning of the Chinese Exclusion act ultimately came…”

“… he began and ended every speech by saying, whatever else we do, the Chinese must go. And they were building virtual walls to keep the Chinese out. And of course, The beginning of the Chinese Exclusion act ultimately came out of the Bay Area and some of those movements. But interesting to me is we're now close to peak immigration again. We dropped very low in 1970. I think it was 4.8%, don't quote me.” (01:23–01:30)

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