Europe as an Emigrant-exporting Continent and the United States as an Immigrant-receiving Nation: Hearings...March 8, 1924...Statement of Dr. Harry H. Laughlin... |
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Page 1239
... parents , and whose reproduction would not im- prove the native talents and racial qualities of the American people of the future . The situation as it exists now places Europe in the position of the exporter of emigrants and America as ...
... parents , and whose reproduction would not im- prove the native talents and racial qualities of the American people of the future . The situation as it exists now places Europe in the position of the exporter of emigrants and America as ...
Page 1260
... parent is admitted to the country and this person is not a member of the racial groups already established , then this new arrival , in order to compensate for the racial differences , should possess inborn and hereditary traits of most ...
... parent is admitted to the country and this person is not a member of the racial groups already established , then this new arrival , in order to compensate for the racial differences , should possess inborn and hereditary traits of most ...
Page 1261
... parental type . It is equally incumbent upon the United States as well as upon the younger dominions of the British Empire to develop not only national eugenics in reference to their stocks already established , but also to support ...
... parental type . It is equally incumbent upon the United States as well as upon the younger dominions of the British Empire to develop not only national eugenics in reference to their stocks already established , but also to support ...
Page 1263
... parent . At best , information of value along these lines is difficult to secure . It is absolutely impossible to secure it by examining the individual alone , or by seeking testimony away from his home territories . It is , how- ever ...
... parent . At best , information of value along these lines is difficult to secure . It is absolutely impossible to secure it by examining the individual alone , or by seeking testimony away from his home territories . It is , how- ever ...
Page 1264
... parents and the four grandparents ; thus with these additional family and individual history records , she rarely makes a mistake in selecting her carabinieri reali . In case our laws required family history records , the immigration ...
... parents and the four grandparents ; thus with these additional family and individual history records , she rarely makes a mistake in selecting her carabinieri reali . In case our laws required family history records , the immigration ...
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abstentions admission admitted alien American consul Analysis method Appendix application arrival biological Brussels CHAIRMAN citizens citizenship Committee on Immigration Congress consul consular officer Department differential fecundity Doctor LAUGHLIN economic Ellis Island emigrant-exporting emigration and immigration enter the United Europe examination export factors facts family stock fiscal foreign foreign-born white grant gration human migration immi immigrant-receiving nations immigration act immigration laws immigration visa individual inmates insane institutions International Labour Office international law Italian Italy Japanese June 30 League of Nations matter measuring rod Melting Pot ment minus negroes native white native-born white nativity group natural number of immigrants offspring group parentage parents native born particular passport persons population over 20 population under 15 port present principle provisions qualities quota immigrants racial record represented resolution Secretary of Labor socially inadequate standard statistics studies subdivision Sweden Table territory tion total number types visé workers would-be immigrant
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Page 1408 - An Act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military establishment of the United States", approved May 18, 1917, or any.
Page 1424 - The owner, charterer, agent, consignee, or master of any vessel arriving in the United States from any place outside thereof who fails to detain on board any alien seaman employed on such vessel until the immigration officer in charge at the port of arrival has inspected such seaman...
Page 1422 - An immigrant who is a bona fide student at least 15 years of age and who seeks to enter the United States solely for the purpose of study at an accredited school, college, academy, seminary, or university, particularly designated by him and approved by the Secretary of Labor...
Page 1422 - ... of section 4, or (2) is the wife, or the unmarried child under 18 years of age, of an immigrant admissible under such subdivision (d), and is accompanying or following to join him, or (3...
Page 1424 - Proof that an alien seaman did not appear upon the outgoing manifest of the vessel on which he arrived in the United States from any place outside thereof, or that he was reported by the master of such vessel as a deserter, shall be prima facie evidence of a failure to detain or deport after requirement by the immigration officer or the Secretary of Labor.
Page 1408 - United States" means the United States of America, and when used in a geographical sense means the States, the Territories of Alaska and of Hawaii, and the District of Columbia. (b) The term "United Kingdom" means Great Britain and Northern Ireland, excluding the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
Page 1404 - ... 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 1406 - The provisions of this section are in addition to the provisions of the immigration laws now in force, and shall be enforced as a part of such laws, and all the penal or other provisions of such laws not inapplicable, shall apply to and be enforced in connection with the provisions of this section. An alien, although admissible under the provisions of this section, shall not be admitted to the United States if he is excluded by any provision of the immigration laws...
Page 1413 - That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States...
Page 1414 - States, who is returning from a temporary visit abroad ; (c) An immigrant who was born in the Dominion of Canada, Newfoundland, the Republic of Mexico, the Republic of Cuba, the Republic of Haiti, the Dominican Republic, the Canal Zone, or an independent country of Central or South America, and his wife, and his unmarried children under 18 years of age, if accompanying or following to join him...