Amendments to the Immigration Laws as Recommended by the Department of Labor and the Secretary's Ellis Island Committee: Public Hearings Before the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, House of Representatives, Seventy-third Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 9518, H.R. 9364, H.R. 9365, H.R. 9366, H.R. 9367, Constituting the Five-year Bill Program Requested by the Department of Labor. May 8, 9, 10, 1934 |
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... speaking of the bill before the House at the present time . It has passed the Senate . The argu- ments in support of the bill are that aliens who entered between 1921 and 1924 are not subject to deportation , and they are left here with ...
... speaking of the bill before the House at the present time . It has passed the Senate . The argu- ments in support of the bill are that aliens who entered between 1921 and 1924 are not subject to deportation , and they are left here with ...
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... speaking for the group as a whole -- a number of our specific recommendations should be added to any comprehensive program of corrective legislation . I desire to point out in what respect the proposed legislation fails to meet what ...
... speaking for the group as a whole -- a number of our specific recommendations should be added to any comprehensive program of corrective legislation . I desire to point out in what respect the proposed legislation fails to meet what ...
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... speak of are people who come here and who cannot be returned to their country . You cannot send a person who is likely to undergo execution back to his old country . And so there is a bar , not a legal bar , but a practical bar to ...
... speak of are people who come here and who cannot be returned to their country . You cannot send a person who is likely to undergo execution back to his old country . And so there is a bar , not a legal bar , but a practical bar to ...
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... speak louder . We cannot hear you down here . Mr. TRAEGER . This is an intimate discussion of a case I know about . Mr. LANZETTA . Will you continue with your discussion , Professor Chamberlain . Professor_ CHAMBERLAIN . Well , my ...
... speak louder . We cannot hear you down here . Mr. TRAEGER . This is an intimate discussion of a case I know about . Mr. LANZETTA . Will you continue with your discussion , Professor Chamberlain . Professor_ CHAMBERLAIN . Well , my ...
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... speaking of our experience and we feel that in cases like these that we deal with the cases and not with the law , and that is the evidence I have to give you . I have seen it many times where a boy takes to the sea and then stays ...
... speaking of our experience and we feel that in cases like these that we deal with the cases and not with the law , and that is the evidence I have to give you . I have seen it many times where a boy takes to the sea and then stays ...
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Page 19 - The medical examiner has complained to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization of the House of Representatives and believes that the unjust procedure of the government will be remedied.
Page 1 - ... 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 22 - States; all aliens who have been lawfully admitted to the United States and who later shall go in transit from one part of the United States to another through foreign contiguous territory...
Page 1 - ... no vessel shall be granted clearance papers pending the determination of the question of the liability to the payment of such fine, and in the event such fine is imposed, while it remains unpaid, nor shall such fine be remitted or refunded: Provided, That clearance may be granted prior to the determination of such questions upon the deposit of a sum sufficient to cover such fine and costs, such sum to be named by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor.