The Page Act of 1875 banned the immigration of Chinese women into the United States on the assumption that they were all being imported as prostitutes. They could obtain exemption from the act, but the invasive procedures required effectively deterred them from attempting to do so. The situation was complicated by the practices of polygamy and concubinage in Chinese culture. Prostitution was not uncommon, but then it was not uncommon in the US in general.
Manchu bride, 1871.
There were other restrictions as well, but that was the main one The act was the first exclusionary immigration law in US history.
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