Immigration and Americanization: Selected ReadingsPhilip Davis, Bertha Schwartz |
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... companies and to those agents for contract labor who are keen enough to avoid the restrictive laws . The business man here is again in the saddle as he is so largely in American affairs . EXPLOITATION OF IMMIGRANTS From the time that ...
... companies and to those agents for contract labor who are keen enough to avoid the restrictive laws . The business man here is again in the saddle as he is so largely in American affairs . EXPLOITATION OF IMMIGRANTS From the time that ...
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... companies and proprietors who received these grants ; but upon the whole , the United States were settled by individuals , the adventurous , resolute , high - spirited , and in many cases persecuted men and women , who sought a home and ...
... companies and proprietors who received these grants ; but upon the whole , the United States were settled by individuals , the adventurous , resolute , high - spirited , and in many cases persecuted men and women , who sought a home and ...
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... companies , from whom , directly or indirectly , come nine tenths of all the agitation and opposition to laws affecting immigration . -- I have tried in all I have said to lay before you the statistics , the conditions , the facts , and ...
... companies , from whom , directly or indirectly , come nine tenths of all the agitation and opposition to laws affecting immigration . -- I have tried in all I have said to lay before you the statistics , the conditions , the facts , and ...
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... companies , supplemented by such guesswork conclusions as can be drawn from the census . The census obviously cannot furnish very accu- rate data for estimating emigration , because persons who have been in the country more than once ...
... companies , supplemented by such guesswork conclusions as can be drawn from the census . The census obviously cannot furnish very accu- rate data for estimating emigration , because persons who have been in the country more than once ...
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... companies as a rule openly or directly violate the United States law , but through local agents and subagents of such companies it is violated persistently and continuously . Selling steerage tickets to America is the sole or chief ...
... companies as a rule openly or directly violate the United States law , but through local agents and subagents of such companies it is violated persistently and continuously . Selling steerage tickets to America is the sole or chief ...
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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 349 - Chinese subjects visiting or residing in the United States shall enjoy the same privileges, immunities and exemptions in respect to travel or residence as may there be enjoyed by the citizens or subjects of the most favored nation.
Page 375 - An Act to regulate the immigration of aliens to, and the residence of aliens in, the United States...
Page 396 - ... 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...
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 410 - Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to alter the mode of appointing commissioners of immigration at the several ports of the United States as provided by the sundry civil appropriation Act approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, or the official status of such commissioners heretofore appointed.
Page 393 - ... 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...
Page 344 - ... who are found to be and are certified by the examining surgeon as being mentally or physically defective, such mental or physical defect being of a nature which may affect the ability of such alien to earn a living...
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 392 - ... overthrow by force or violence of the Government of the United States or of all forms of law...