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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... , That labor of like kind unemployed can not be found within a reasonable dis- tance of the place where such labor is to be performed . TIME OF TAKING EFFECT SEC . 9. ( a ) RESTRICTION OF WESTERN HEMISPHERE IMMIGRATION 5.
... , That labor of like kind unemployed can not be found within a reasonable dis- tance of the place where such labor is to be performed . TIME OF TAKING EFFECT SEC . 9. ( a ) RESTRICTION OF WESTERN HEMISPHERE IMMIGRATION 5.
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... kind of work offered . Last week the Associated Charities of San Diego reported to the county board of supervisors that their funds were exhausted , they having expended during December some $ 900 more than their budget for the entire ...
... kind of work offered . Last week the Associated Charities of San Diego reported to the county board of supervisors that their funds were exhausted , they having expended during December some $ 900 more than their budget for the entire ...
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... kind they are going to be . Do you want the kind of people that sit in this Capitol , or that you have in the north or middle west , or do you want a mongrel population consisting largely of Mexicans and orientals ? Just one more word ...
... kind they are going to be . Do you want the kind of people that sit in this Capitol , or that you have in the north or middle west , or do you want a mongrel population consisting largely of Mexicans and orientals ? Just one more word ...
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... kind were growing in the valley ; and that constituted a large proportion of our increase in population during the last 20 years . I can mention two counties down there on the border that have increased in taxing values in the past two ...
... kind were growing in the valley ; and that constituted a large proportion of our increase in population during the last 20 years . I can mention two counties down there on the border that have increased in taxing values in the past two ...
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... kind you are speaking of ; and most of the per- manent population naturally are engaged in farming and every other kind of labor . For instance , you speak of the Mexican population in the district I represent . I know Mexican families ...
... kind you are speaking of ; and most of the per- manent population naturally are engaged in farming and every other kind of labor . For instance , you speak of the Mexican population in the district I represent . I know Mexican families ...
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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...