Page 6 - All About History - Issue 53-17

HISTORY IN PICTURES

ALIENS IN THEIR OWN LAND
A group of Canadian-born Iroquois activists stage a war
dance on the streets of Buffalo, New York on the eve of
the deadline for ‘alien registration’. Fearful of the war in
Europe, the Alien Registration Act of 1940 (Smith Act)
required all foreigners in the United States to be
fingerprinted at a post office and be issued with
an ID card. Shortly after making their point,
the protesters registered.
1940

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