ABSTRACT
In San Francisco in 1895 a small group of American citizens of Chinese ancestry established the United Parlor of the Native Sons of the Golden State (NSGS), which later was renamed the Chinese American Citizens Alliance (CACA). The group's purpose was to improve the position of Chinese Americans and to work toward political, economic, social and cultural integration assimilation. At first the CACA criticized the absence of judicial review of consular discretion and decision and the arbitrary administration of the law by the American consular officials in Hong Kong. Then in 1957 the CACA published and widely distributed a pamphlet, Current Report by San Francisco Lodge on Changes in Immigration and Nationality Act, which described in detail their position and recommendations. In 1947, the CACA was effective in persuading many Chinese in the United States not to participate in the election of representatives to members of the Legislative Yuan of the Chinese Nationalist government.
