Admission of Aliens in Excess of the Percentaghe Quotes for Junee: Hearings ... June 10, 1921 |
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... idea , if we limited the capacity at Ellis Island to 1,000 immigrants a day , except in great emergency , to give them more intensive ex- aminations and better care , and at the same time distribute the work through the week and to ...
... idea , if we limited the capacity at Ellis Island to 1,000 immigrants a day , except in great emergency , to give them more intensive ex- aminations and better care , and at the same time distribute the work through the week and to ...
Page 94
... idea , though , was that it would offer also a solution for this possible excess . If a monthly maximum was fixed by you , the 100 per cent would be divided over 12 months , and there would be , instead of 20 per cent , say 8 per cent ...
... idea , though , was that it would offer also a solution for this possible excess . If a monthly maximum was fixed by you , the 100 per cent would be divided over 12 months , and there would be , instead of 20 per cent , say 8 per cent ...
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... idea in proposing it should be distributed over a quota for 11 months , beginning August 1 , in order to eliminate the very same thing arising in July , and a few of us agreed to leave it with the Secretary . The number of aliens of any ...
... idea in proposing it should be distributed over a quota for 11 months , beginning August 1 , in order to eliminate the very same thing arising in July , and a few of us agreed to leave it with the Secretary . The number of aliens of any ...
Page 102
... idea when this bill was passed , and people connected with the Immigration Depart- ment , who studied it closely , I assume , that in June you could bring 20 per cent of the yearly quota . Why that should have gotten out I do not know ...
... idea when this bill was passed , and people connected with the Immigration Depart- ment , who studied it closely , I assume , that in June you could bring 20 per cent of the yearly quota . Why that should have gotten out I do not know ...
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... idea of the department in dealing with them ? Mr. HENNING . Of course , the newspaper boys must have news stories . What I said was that in my judgment it could be handled under the emergency provision of the immigration law , which ...
... idea of the department in dealing with them ? Mr. HENNING . Of course , the newspaper boys must have news stories . What I said was that in my judgment it could be handled under the emergency provision of the immigration law , which ...
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Page 103 - Act shall take effect and be enforced 15 days after its enactment (except sections 1 and 3 and subdivisions (b) and (c) of section 2, which shall take effect immediately upon the enactment of this Act), and shall continue in force until June 30, 1922, and the number of aliens of any nationality who may be admitted during the remaining period of the current fiscal year, from the date when this Act becomes effective to June 30, shall be limited in proportion to the number admissible during the fiscal...
Page 98 - ... collector of customs of the customs district in which the port of arrival is located the sum of one hundred dollars for each and every violation of the provisions of this section...
Page 99 - That any person, including the master, agent, owner, or consignee of any vessel, who shall bring into or land in the United States by vessel or otherwise, or who shall attempt, by himself, or through another, to bring into or land in the United States, by vessel or otherwise, any alien not duly admitted by an immigrant...
Page 110 - States, which officials shall make the same available to persons intending to emigrate to the United States and to others who may apply. SEC. 4. That the provisions of this Act are in addition to and not in substitution for the provisions of the immigration laws.
Page 98 - It shall also be unlawful for any such person to bring to any port of the United States any alien who is excluded by the provisions of section 3 of this Act because unable to read, or who is excluded by the terms of section 3 of this Act as a native of that portion of the Continent of Asia and the islands adjacent thereto described in said section, and if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Labor that these disabilities might have been detected...
Page 98 - ... in addition a sum equal to that paid by such alien for his transportation from the initial point of departure, indicated in his ticket, to the port of arrival, for each and every violation of this provision, such latter sum to be delivered by the collector of customs to the alien on whose account assessed.
Page 99 - ... or shall conceal or harbor, or attempt to conceal or harbor, or assist or abet another to conceal or harbor in any place, including any building, vessel, railway car, conveyance, or vehicle, any alien not duly admitted by an immigrant inspector or not lawfully entitled to enter or to reside within the United States under the terms of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $2,000 and by imprisonment for a term not...
Page 98 - ... in addition, a sum equal to that paid by such alien for his transportation from the initial point of departure, indicated in his ticket, to the port of arrival, such latter sum to be delivered by the collector of customs to the alien on whose account the assessment is made.
Page 98 - Provided further, That nothing contained in this section shall be construed to subject transportation companies to a fine for bringing to ports of the United States aliens who are by any of the provisos or exceptions to section three hereof exempted from the excluding provisions of said section.
Page 107 - Provided further, That the Commissioner General of Immigration with the approval of the Secretary of Labor shall issue rules and prescribe conditions, including exaction of such bonds as may be necessary to control and regulate the admission and return of otherwise inadmissible aliens applying for temporary admission...