Chinese Immigration

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Chinese Immigration

• Chinese Railroad

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• Track-laying began in Yuma in November 1878

• Their wages were 1.00 per day, 50 cents less
  than Anglo
• worker.

• The Chinese crew laid 182 miles of track in 139
  working
• days.

• In 1880 United States Censuslist 1630Chinese
  residents.
• 1153 lived in Pima County, 159 of them lived in
  Tucson.

• Anglo and Mexican workers deeply resented the
  Chinese
• laborers adding competition to the market,
  despite the low
• wages of the jobs given to the Chinese.

• While many Chinese did return to the homeland
  others
• stayed and helped build our Southwestern
  communities.