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The Chinese Exclusion Act would have created a need for more cheap laborers. Following the Civil War and the end of slavery, labor was much needed, but it needed to be cheap labor. Cheap labor at the time came in the form of immigrants, however most immigrants stayed in the north in urban, factory cities. The Chinese were located in the West and Southwest staying after building the railroads. They were able to find work as migrant farm hands, however the Exclusion Act forced the Chinese out creating need for labor. Mexicans were close and easy to access across the border. They will remain a necessary source of labor until the Great Depression hits and a deportation program will begin to send them back to Mexico.