The United States confronted a serious situation, but fortunately did not confront it alone.

Australia and British Columbia, similarly threatened by Japanese immigration, were equally opposed to it.
Out of deference to Great Britain, with which she had been allied since 1902, Japan consented that her immigrants should not force their way into unwilling communities.

This position facilitated an arrangement between the United States and Japan, and an informal agreement was made in 1907.

The schools of San Francisco were to be open to oriental children not over sixteen years of age, while Japan was to withhold passports from laborers who planned to emigrate to the United States.
This plan has worked with reasonable success, but minor issues have kept alive in both countries the bad feeling on the subject.

Certain States, particularly California, have passed laws, especially with regard to the ownership and leasing of farm lands, apparently intended to discriminate against Japanese who were already residents.