lo mein loophole

English

Noun

lo mein loophole (plural lo mein loopholes)

  1. An exception, or loophole in early 1900s American immigration law that allowed for Chinese people to enter the country if they managed a Chinese restaurant resulting in a greater than average increase of those establishments over several decades. Lo mein is a Chinese noodle dish.
    • 2016 February 23, ““Lo Mein Loophole: How U.S. Immigration Law Fueled A Chinese Restaurant Boom””, in Cascadia Cross-Border Law - US Immigration Lawyers‎ (blog), retrieved November 24, 2020:
      Maria Godoy of NPR reports on the fascinating history of an investment-based visa exception to the Chinese Exclusion Act, otherwise known as the “Lo Mein Loophole”:
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