Immigration and Americanization: Selected ReadingsPhilip Davis, Bertha Schwartz |
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... labor laws has been to make the padrones more powerful because " smuggled alien labor " has become more valuable to American corporations , and also to make simpler the delivery of commercial interests . It becomes a veritable system of ...
... labor laws has been to make the padrones more powerful because " smuggled alien labor " has become more valuable to American corporations , and also to make simpler the delivery of commercial interests . It becomes a veritable system of ...
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... labor laws offers unending opportunity for better citizenship , founded not upon theory but on action . An Italian or Bohemian parent who has worked in the fields from babyhood finds it difficult to understand that the long and ...
... labor laws offers unending opportunity for better citizenship , founded not upon theory but on action . An Italian or Bohemian parent who has worked in the fields from babyhood finds it difficult to understand that the long and ...
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... labor unions , and it could come in no other way , for the union alone has appealed to their necessities . And out of these primal necessities one sees the first indication of an idealism of which one at moments dares to hope that it ...
... labor unions , and it could come in no other way , for the union alone has appealed to their necessities . And out of these primal necessities one sees the first indication of an idealism of which one at moments dares to hope that it ...
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... labor must from the very nature of things proceed from those who labor , or possibly because amelioration arises whence it is so sorely needed , but certainly it is true , that while the rest of the country talks of assimilation as if ...
... labor must from the very nature of things proceed from those who labor , or possibly because amelioration arises whence it is so sorely needed , but certainly it is true , that while the rest of the country talks of assimilation as if ...
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... labor is obliged to sustain , with the ill - paid labor of Europe . In addition to all this , the constant influx into America of stout and efficient hands supplies the greatest want in a new country , which is that of labor , gives ...
... labor is obliged to sustain , with the ill - paid labor of Europe . In addition to all this , the constant influx into America of stout and efficient hands supplies the greatest want in a new country , which is that of labor , gives ...
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Page 349 - The United States of America and the Emperor of China cordially recognize the inherent and inalienable right of man to change his home and allegiance, and also the mutual advantage of the free migration and emigration of their citizens and subjects respectively from the one country to the other for purposes of curiosity, of trade, or as permanent residents.
Page 381 - ... persons who are members of or affiliated with any organization entertaining and teaching disbelief in or opposition to organized government, or who advocate or teach the duty, necessity, or propriety of the unlawful assaulting or killing of any officer or officers, either of specific individuals or of officers generally, of the Government of the United States or of any other organized government...
Page 375 - An Act to regulate the immigration of aliens to, and the residence of aliens in, the United States...
Page 403 - ... anarchists, or persons who believe in or advocate the overthrow by force or violence of the Government of the United States, or of all government, or of all forms of law, or the assassination of public officials...
Page 416 - When construing and enforcing the provisions of this Act, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any...
Page 403 - That at any time within five years after entry, any alien who at the time of entry was a member of one or more 9f the classes excluded by law ; any alien who shall have entered or who shall be found in the United States in violation of this Act, or in violation of any other law of the United States...
Page 669 - that all men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights — among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," I shall strenuously contend for the immediate enfranchisement of our slave population.
Page 414 - That any alien seaman who shall land in a port of the United States contrary to the provisions of this act shall be deemed to be unlawfully in the United States, and shall, at any time within three years thereafter, upon the warrant of the Secretary of Labor, be taken into custody...
Page 351 - Whenever in the opinion of the Government of the United States ' the coming of Chinese laborers to the United States, or their residence therein, affects or threatens to affect the interests of that country, ' or to endanger the good order of the said country, or of any locality within the territory thereof...
Page 379 - Mexico, so as not to unnecessarily delay, impede, or annoy passengers in ordinary travel between the United States and said countries, and shall have power to enter into contracts with transportation lines for the said purpose. SEC. 33. That for the purpose of this Act the term " United States" as used in the title as well as in the various sections of this Act shall be construed to mean the United States and any waters, territory, or other place subject to the jurisdiction thereof, except the Isthmian...