Foundations of Exclusion: A Timeline of AANHPI Immigration in the Late 18th-20th Centuries

Youth Researcher
Arun Nayakkar
Article by John Hamilton Gilmour in the San Francisco Sunday Call entitled "Our First Invasion by Hindus and Mohammedans" and dated November 18, 1906.

Arun Nayakkar

Arun Nayakkar is an incoming high school senior at Scarsdale High School in Westchester County. He has been a member of the Leadership Board at the Localized History Project since February 2025. His research focuses on tracing how law has affected the inclusion and exclusion of certain communities from the United States.

Arun Nayakkar's project constructs the foundations of exclusion fundamental to the United States' immigration system. He traces the history of immigration legal structures particularly impacting South Asian communities.