Alien Registration Form for Kit Chun (1940)
- Title
- Alien Registration Form for Kit Chun (1940)
- Description
- The Alien Registration Act of 1940 required all non-citizens entering and living within the U.S. to register their alien status with the government by completing an Alien Registration Form. The AR-2 form included a questionnaire and a requirement that fingerprints be taken at the time of registration. This act, also known as the Smith Act, was written to address concerns about subversive activities on the eve of American involvement in World War II.
- Date
- 1940-10-28
- Legal Concept
- Immigration
- Temporal Coverage
- Jim Crow Era
- Long Civil Rights Movement
- Interwar Period
- World War II
- Exclusion Era
- Document Type
- Government Record
- Document Category
- Primary Source
- Archival Source
- Record Group 566: Records of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Alien Case Files, A3778979, ARC identifier 6311085, Box 100, 085-12-001, National Archives at San Francisco.
- Digital Repository
- National Archives
- Title
- Alien Registration Form for Kit Chun (1940)
- Description
- The Alien Registration Act of 1940 required all non-citizens entering and living within the U.S. to register their alien status with the government by completing an Alien Registration Form. The AR-2 form included a questionnaire and a requirement that fingerprints be taken at the time of registration. This act, also known as the Smith Act, was written to address concerns about subversive activities on the eve of American involvement in World War II.
- Date
- 1940-10-28
- Legal Concept
- Immigration
- Temporal Coverage
- Jim Crow Era
- Long Civil Rights Movement
- Interwar Period
- World War II
- Exclusion Era
- Document Type
- Government Record
- Document Category
- Primary Source
- Archival Source
- Record Group 566: Records of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Alien Case Files, A3778979, ARC identifier 6311085, Box 100, 085-12-001, National Archives at San Francisco.
- Digital Repository
- National Archives