Restriction of Western Hemisphere Immigration...: Hearings...on S. 1296, a Bill to Amend the Immigration Act of 1924, and S. 1437, a Bill to Subject Certain Immigrants...and S. 3019, a Bill to Amend the Immigration Laws...1928 - 192 pages |
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... SENATE , COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION , Washington , D. C. The committee met , pursuant to call , at 2 o'clock , p . m . , in the com- mittee room , Capitol . Senator William J. Harris presiding . Present : Senators Johnson , Keyes , Willis ...
... SENATE , COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION , Washington , D. C. The committee met , pursuant to call , at 2 o'clock , p . m . , in the com- mittee room , Capitol . Senator William J. Harris presiding . Present : Senators Johnson , Keyes , Willis ...
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... Senator KEYES . I should think it would be very desirable to have our hearings at the same time ; I think it would be a convenience to a great many of the witnesses . I assume there are a considerable number to appear from a distance ...
... Senator KEYES . I should think it would be very desirable to have our hearings at the same time ; I think it would be a convenience to a great many of the witnesses . I assume there are a considerable number to appear from a distance ...
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... Keyes , Willis , Reed , Gould , Harris , and Blease . The CHAIRMAN . The committee will kindly come to order . We have met this morning for the purpose of hearing certain witnesses in reference to the bill of Senator Harris , entitled ...
... Keyes , Willis , Reed , Gould , Harris , and Blease . The CHAIRMAN . The committee will kindly come to order . We have met this morning for the purpose of hearing certain witnesses in reference to the bill of Senator Harris , entitled ...
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... Senator , I think you will find you are mistaken about that . Some of the highest - type people in our coun- try are ... KEYES . When you speak of the Pan American viewpoint , do you mean exclusive of Mexico ? Representative GARNER . No ; the ...
... Senator , I think you will find you are mistaken about that . Some of the highest - type people in our coun- try are ... KEYES . When you speak of the Pan American viewpoint , do you mean exclusive of Mexico ? Representative GARNER . No ; the ...
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... Senator HARRIS . The statement made by the California representa- tive - I have forgotten just who he represented ... KEYES . Tia Juana is in Mexico , is it not ? Mr. BIXBY . It is just across the line ; it is a place that some people go to ...
... Senator HARRIS . The statement made by the California representa- tive - I have forgotten just who he represented ... KEYES . Tia Juana is in Mexico , is it not ? Mr. BIXBY . It is just across the line ; it is a place that some people go to ...
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Page 96 - In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates the Commission shall give due consideration, among other factors, to the effect of rates on the movement of traffic...
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 accompany or following to join him...
Page 96 - In view of the existing depression in agriculture, the Commission is hereby directed to effect with the least practicable delay such lawful changes in the rate structure of the country as will promote the freedom of movement by common carriers of the products of agriculture affected by that depression, including livestock, at the lowest possible lawful rate compatible with the maintenance of adequate transportation service...
Page 2 - The annual quota of any nationality for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1927, and for each fiscal year thereafter, shall be a number which bears the same ratio to 150,000 as the number of inhabitants in continental United States in 1920...
Page 2 - 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...
Page 2 - The Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Labor, jointly...
Page 2 - The annual quota of any nationality shall be 2 per centum of the number of foreign-born individuals of such nationality resident in continental United States as determined by the United States census of 1890, but the minimum quota of any nationality shall be 100.
Page 4 - No vessel shall be granted clearance pending the determination of the liability to the payment of such fine, or while the fine remains unpaid, except that clearance may be granted prior to the determination of such question upon the deposit of a sum sufficient to cover such fine, or of a bond with sufficient surety to secure the payment thereof approved by the collector of customs.
Page 2 - For the purpose of subdivisions (b) and (c) the term "inhabitants in continental United States in 1920 " does not include (1) immigrants from the geographical areas specified in subdivision (c) of section 4 or their descendants, (2) aliens ineligible to citizenship or their descendants, (3) the descendants of slave immigrants, or (4) the descendants of American aborigines.
Page 3 - The validity of an immigration visa shall expire at the end of such period, specified in the immigration visa, not exceeding four months, as shall be by regulations prescribed. In the case of an immigrant arriving in...