The 1892 Geary Act renewed the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act. It required Chinese in the U.S. to carry a Certificate of Residence to prove that they had legally entered the country. Chinese already living in the United States were required to register to receive their certificate. Those without a certificate were subject to detention and deportation.¹

1. Immigration History, Geary Act (1892), Fifty-Second Congress. Session I. 1892, Chapter 60, “An act to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the United States,” https://immigrationhistory.org/item/geary-act/ ↩︎