JTA: This Jewish lawmaker wanted to keep Chinese immigrants out. Should a park be named after him?

From JTA: The elder Kahn, a Republican from San Francisco who served 12 terms in Congress between 1899 and his death in 1924, championed an extension of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1902 prohibiting immigration by Chinese laborers. While doing … Continue reading JTA: This Jewish lawmaker wanted to keep Chinese immigrants out. Should a park be named after him?