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Albuquerque Evening Citizen, 1907

"HINDUS SAID TO BE MENACE TO AMERICAN PEACE AND HEALTH"

"Recent Outbreaks Cause an Investigation Into Life and Habits of Orientals in Northwest States"

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"The outbreak against Hindu coolies at Bellingham, Wash. is only a forerunner of an agitation against another Asiatic peril which has been making itself felt more and more on the Pacific coast" Image
"At present there are probably less than 500 Hindus in California, but every ship from the orient brings more. They are of two classes: Mohammedans and the turbaned devotees of the native East Indian religions."
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The Seattle Star, 1913

"200 HINDUS ARRIVE IN SEATTLE"

"AND THERE'S NO LAW TO BAR A HUNDRED MILLION MORE"

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"We bar the Japs the Chinese, and talk of the yellow peril, but there is no law to bar a hundred million of these Hindus, should they care to come to the Pacific coast. Over 200 came to Seattle yesterday on the Great Northern liner Minnesota"
"'There is no law barring Hindus,' said the commissioner of immigration, when asked what he would do with this nondescript crowd of Asiatics. 'Each one will be examined...'"
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