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California land laws had been passed prior to World War II and were in effect throughout the War. They denied "aliens ineligible to citizenship" land ownership rights given to citizens and other aliens. "Aliens ineligible to citizenship" meant Asian aliens since they were the ones who were ineligible for naturalization ..." [More]

Excerpted from Alien Land Laws by Rechs Ann Pedersen