Restriction of Immigration: Hearings Before the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, House of Representatives, Sixty-eighth Congress, First Session on H.R. 5, H.R. 101, and H.R. 561. December 26, 27, and 31, 1923. January 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, and 19, 1924, Part 2 |
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... practically deny them an opportunity to be heard , because during the Christmas recess their business and occupations and the desire for holiday precludes their journey to Washington . I further ask that your committee rescind its ...
... practically deny them an opportunity to be heard , because during the Christmas recess their business and occupations and the desire for holiday precludes their journey to Washington . I further ask that your committee rescind its ...
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... practically a Chinese exclusion act and under- took to abrogate the obnoxious sections of the Burlingame treaty of 1868 . Here another unfortunate incident to immigration regulation by treaty developed . President Hayes vetoed the ...
... practically a Chinese exclusion act and under- took to abrogate the obnoxious sections of the Burlingame treaty of 1868 . Here another unfortunate incident to immigration regulation by treaty developed . President Hayes vetoed the ...
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... practically no disagreement . Discussions or arguments are unnecessary . Unless the flood is checked , however , and abruptly checked , the Atlantic coast in a few generations will be largely peopled with this kind of human material ...
... practically no disagreement . Discussions or arguments are unnecessary . Unless the flood is checked , however , and abruptly checked , the Atlantic coast in a few generations will be largely peopled with this kind of human material ...
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... practically , before he gets his visé ? Mr. WALLACE . And furthermore Mr. RAKER ( interposing ) . And gets his picture and handwriting and fingerprints and everything that that gives him every oppor- tunity , and he can not stand at the ...
... practically , before he gets his visé ? Mr. WALLACE . And furthermore Mr. RAKER ( interposing ) . And gets his picture and handwriting and fingerprints and everything that that gives him every oppor- tunity , and he can not stand at the ...
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... practically that same law now , Canada . She makes discriminatory laws that will admit only the kind of people she wants . Why should England object , or why should any other country object to what we do to protect ourselves ? Mr. RAKER ...
... practically that same law now , Canada . She makes discriminatory laws that will admit only the kind of people she wants . Why should England object , or why should any other country object to what we do to protect ourselves ? Mr. RAKER ...
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Page 3 - An immigrant who continuously for at least two years immediately preceding the time of his application for admission to the United States has been, and who seeks to enter the United States solely for the purpose of, carrying on the vocation of minister of any religious denomination, or professor of a college, academy, seminary, or university; and his wife, and his unmarried children under 18 years of age, if accompanying or following to join him...
Page 6 - That any alien who, at any time after entering the United States, is found to have been at the time of entry, or to have become thereafter, a member of any one of the classes of aliens enumerated...
Page 390 - All idiots, imbeciles, feeble-minded persons, epileptics, insane persons; persons who have had one or more attacks of insanity at any time previously ; persons of constitutional psychopathic inferiority; persons with chronic alcoholism ; paupers ; professional beggars ; vagrants ; persons afflicted with tuberculosis in any form or with a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease...
Page 7 - SEC. 16. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, including any transportation company, or the owner, master, agent, charterer, or consignee of any vessel, to bring to the United States by water from any place outside thereof (other than foreign contiguous territory) (1) any immigrant who does not have an unexpired immigration visa, or (2) any quota immigrant having an immigration visa the visa in which specifies him as a non-quota immigrant. (b) If it appears to the satisfaction of the...
Page 390 - ... persons who have been convicted of or admit having committed a felony or other crime or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude...
Page 561 - ... might have been detected by means of a competent medical examination at such time, such person or transportation company or the master, agent, owner or consignee of any such vessel shall pay to the collector of customs of the customs district in which the port of arrival is located the sum of...
Page 552 - All aliens over sixteen years of age, physically capable of reading, who cannot read the English language, or some other language or dialect, including Hebrew or Yiddish...
Page 391 - ... persons whose ticket or passage is paid for by any corporation, association, society, municipality, or foreign Government, either directly or indirectly...
Page 552 - ... dialects of immigrants. Each alien may designate the particular language or dialect in which he desires the examination to be made, and shall be required to read the words printed on the slip in such language or dialect.
Page 465 - ... 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...