Federal immigration legislation. Digest of immigration decisions. Steerage legislation, 1819-1908. State immigration and alien lawU.S. Government Printing Office, 1911 - Emigration and immigration |
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... enter into contracts with such state officers as might be designated by the governor of any State to take charge of the local affairs of immigration within said State ; third , that foreign convicts , except those convicted of political ...
... enter into contracts with such state officers as might be designated by the governor of any State to take charge of the local affairs of immigration within said State ; third , that foreign convicts , except those convicted of political ...
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... enter our industrial field as competitors with American labor . There should be proper proof of personal capacity to earn an American living and enough money to insure a decent start under American conditions . This would stop the ...
... enter our industrial field as competitors with American labor . There should be proper proof of personal capacity to earn an American living and enough money to insure a decent start under American conditions . This would stop the ...
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... enter the United States in any one fiscal year to 80,000 , were introduced in this Congress , but no action was taken on them . But in the first session of Fifty - ninth Congress , following the popular demand for a further regulation ...
... enter the United States in any one fiscal year to 80,000 , were introduced in this Congress , but no action was taken on them . But in the first session of Fifty - ninth Congress , following the popular demand for a further regulation ...
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... entering into such international agree- ments as may be proper to prevent the immigration of aliens who , under the laws ... enter the continental territory of the United States from such other country or from such insular possessions or ...
... entering into such international agree- ments as may be proper to prevent the immigration of aliens who , under the laws ... enter the continental territory of the United States from such other country or from such insular possessions or ...
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... enter the United States . If this can not be done , then the expense of removal to the port of departure shall be paid out of the immigration fund , and the further deportation shall be at the ex- pense of transportation company by ...
... enter the United States . If this can not be done , then the expense of removal to the port of departure shall be paid out of the immigration fund , and the further deportation shall be at the ex- pense of transportation company by ...
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Page 401 - An act to amend an act entitled an act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam...
Page 125 - Be It enacted by the Senate, and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That from and after the passage of this act it shall be unlawful for any person, company, partnership, or corporation, In any manner whatsoever, to prepay the transportation, or in any way assist or encourage the importation or migration of any alien or aliens, any foreigner or foreigners, into the United States, Its Territories, or the District of Columbia...
Page 109 - ... 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 132 - Chinese subjects, whether proceeding to the United States as teachers, students, merchants, or from curiosity, together with their body and household servants, and Chinese laborers who are now in the United States shall be allowed to go and come of their own free will and accord, and shall be accorded all the rights, privileges, immunities, and exemptions which are accorded to the citizens and subjects of the most favored nation.
Page 69 - 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 72 - The limitation or suspension shall be reasonable, and shall apply only to Chinese who may go to the United States as laborers, other classes not being included in the limitations. Legislation taken in regard to Chinese laborers will be of such a character only as is necessary to enforce the regulation, limitation, or suspension of immigration, and immigrants shall not be subject to personal maltreatment or abuse.
Page 162 - It is an accepted maxim of international law, that every sovereign nation has the power, as inherent in sovereignty, and essential to self-preservation, to forbid the entrance of foreigners within its dominions, or to admit them only in such cases and upon such conditions as it may see fit to prescribe.
Page 132 - Now, therefore, be it known, that I, JAMES K. POLK, president of the United States of America, have caused the said treaty to be made public, to the end that the same, and every clause and article thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Page 111 - Involving moral turpitude; polygamists, or persons who admit their belief in the practice of polygamy, anarchists, or persons who believe in or advocate the overthrow by force or violence of the Government of the United States, or of all government, or of all forms of law, or the assassination of public officials...
Page 123 - Act, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any corporation, company, society, or association, within the scope of his employment or office, shall in every case be also deemed to be the act, omission,, or failure of such corporation, company, society, or association as well as that of the person.