Opposition to Asian immigrants led to the 1907 Gentleman’s Agreement with Japan. This informal agreement stated thatJapan would stop giving passports to people who wanted to immigrate to the United States. Japan would issue only five thousand passports per year to people who wanted to immigrate to the United States. the United States could take away the citizenship of Japanese immigrants who lived in the United States. the United States would stop giving passports to people who wanted to immigrate to Japan.