416, is an Act of the United States Congress which provided a quota of 100 Filipinos[2] and 100 Indians from Asia to immigrate to the United States per year,[3] which for the first time allowed these people to naturalize as American citizens.

[4][5] Upon becoming citizens, these new Americans could own property under their names and even petition for their immediate family members from abroad.

[6] The Act was proposed by Republican Clare Boothe Luce and Democrat Emanuel Celler in 1943 and signed into law by US President Harry S. Truman on July 2, 1946, two days before the Philippines became independent with the signing of the Treaty of Manila on July 4, 1946.

[8][9] They were also not allowed to obtain any form of permanent residency, a legal status introduced later under the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952.

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