A congressional bill in 1890 proposed requiring the Census Office to issue identification cards to every enumerated Chinese person, with anyone found without a certificate subject to being deemed unlawfully present and deported; the bill passed the House but failed in the Senate.
Sources
- Racial Reorganization and the United States Census 1850-1930 (jlhochschild.scholars.harvard.edu)
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/38413773_Racial_Reorganization_and_the_United_States_Census_1850-1930_Mulattoes_Half-Breeds_Mixed_Parentage_Hindoos_and_the_Mexican_Race (researchgate.net)
- https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/SERIALSET-02698_00_00-110-0123-0000 (govinfo.gov)