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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... taken . SENTIMENT TOWARD IMMIGRATION . During the eighties , immigration having reached enormous figures , there was a quite general sentiment throughout the country that something should be done to check the foreigner from coming in ...
... taken . SENTIMENT TOWARD IMMIGRATION . During the eighties , immigration having reached enormous figures , there was a quite general sentiment throughout the country that something should be done to check the foreigner from coming in ...
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... taken last winter by the State of Wisconsin to discourage the influx of certain classes of for- eigners into that State were heartily and earnestly supported by the larger portion of Wisconsin's Scandinavian and German citizens , and ...
... taken last winter by the State of Wisconsin to discourage the influx of certain classes of for- eigners into that State were heartily and earnestly supported by the larger portion of Wisconsin's Scandinavian and German citizens , and ...
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... taken of the charges of prominent journals that the laws prohibiting the importation of contract laborers , convicts , and paupers were being extensively evaded owing to the lack of machinery to enforce them . This resolution authorized ...
... taken of the charges of prominent journals that the laws prohibiting the importation of contract laborers , convicts , and paupers were being extensively evaded owing to the lack of machinery to enforce them . This resolution authorized ...
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... taken to the Secretary of the Treasury ; the medical examinations of immigrants at United States ports were to be made by surgeons of the United States Marine - Hospital Service , and for the first time inspection of immi- grants on the ...
... taken to the Secretary of the Treasury ; the medical examinations of immigrants at United States ports were to be made by surgeons of the United States Marine - Hospital Service , and for the first time inspection of immi- grants on the ...
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... taken in the Senate , and , considering the close vote by which the conference report was adopted by the Senate , it is very doubtful that it could have been passed over the veto . In the Fifty - fifth Congress the bill which President ...
... taken in the Senate , and , considering the close vote by which the conference report was adopted by the Senate , it is very doubtful that it could have been passed over the veto . In the Fifty - fifth Congress the bill which President ...
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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.