Xu Examines the Expatriation Act of 1907, Marital Assimilation, and Citizen-based Intermarriage in the U.S.
Posted: 4/26/2024 ()
CSDE Affiliate Dafeng Xu (Evans School of Public Policy & Governance) authored new research in The History of the Family, entitled “The expatriation act of 1907, marital assimilation, and citizenship-based intermarriage in the U.S.“. As both a marriage act and an immigration act, the Expatriation Act of 1907 restricted U.S. women’s freedom of marriage by stating that marrying aliens would lead to loss of U.S. citizenship. To study the effects of the Expatriation Act, Xu conducts a statistical analysis using 1910 full-count U.S. census data. Xu finds that the Expatriation Act of 1907 generated significantly negative effects on intermarriage between American women and foreign-born men, particularly noncitizens.