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2010年是美国天使岛移民拘留所100周年。7月31日,美国档案署代表、加州议员、曾被拘留在移民拘留所的先人的子女,以及各地居民800多人在这里出席纪念仪式。纪念活动翻开了早期华人移民美国的悲惨故事。2009年7月17日,美国加利福尼亚州议会通过一项决议案,就19世纪中期至1943年实施百年的《排华法》向加州的华人郑重道歉,承认华人移民对加州建设所作出的贡献,特别是在中央太平洋铁路建设中的突出贡献。
2010 is the 100th anniversary of the United States Angel Island immigration detention. On July 31, more than 800 residents of the Archives of Representatives, Californians, children of former angels detained in immigration detention centers, attended the ceremony here. The commemoration opened the tragic story of early Chinese immigrants to the United States. On July 17, 2009, the California State Assembly passed a resolution to solemnly apologize to the Chinese in California on the “Chinese Exclusion Act” from the mid-19th century to the 1943 anniversary. By acknowledging the contribution made by Chinese immigrants to the construction of California, Especially in the Central Pacific Railway construction outstanding contribution.