| Abstrakt: |
The article examines the sociological relationships between Chinese immigrants and Mexicans along the Arizona and Sonora, Mexico, borderlands in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The author discusses the various ways in which Mexicans assisted Chinese endeavoring to immigrate to the U.S. through the Mexican border despite U.S. exclusion laws, and the interpersonal, business, and political relationships forged in the process resulting in the emergence of transnational communities. The article explores the impact of U.S. legislation known as the Geary Act, passed by Congress in 1892, which required Chinese laborers in the U.S. to register with the federal government for the purposes of income revenue and residency. |
