Modern Immigration: A View of the Situation in Immigrant Receiving Countries |
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... months or years , since his expenditures are then based on his old habits . Those who have been accustomed to receiving forty cents a day in Europe and suddenly find themselves in possession of a dollar or two , have a surplus without ...
... months or years , since his expenditures are then based on his old habits . Those who have been accustomed to receiving forty cents a day in Europe and suddenly find themselves in possession of a dollar or two , have a surplus without ...
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... month , heat extra . And here , in an immigrant's words , is a picture of a place called home : " Look at de hole in de plaster , an ' dat hole in de floor . De rats jes ' swarms in tru dat . An ' de mice is tick . Don't mind ' em , dey ...
... month , heat extra . And here , in an immigrant's words , is a picture of a place called home : " Look at de hole in de plaster , an ' dat hole in de floor . De rats jes ' swarms in tru dat . An ' de mice is tick . Don't mind ' em , dey ...
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... month , and since they spent practically nothing for clothes and got fuel free from the culm banks , they were able to save almost all their wages , which were then about thirty dollars a month . It is clearly seen that this situation ...
... month , and since they spent practically nothing for clothes and got fuel free from the culm banks , they were able to save almost all their wages , which were then about thirty dollars a month . It is clearly seen that this situation ...
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... months may be self - supporting the rest of his life , or until the ills of old age overtake him . Many of the foreign groups maintain organizations for the relief of their own needy . This is true of the Jews among whom there is a ...
... months may be self - supporting the rest of his life , or until the ills of old age overtake him . Many of the foreign groups maintain organizations for the relief of their own needy . This is true of the Jews among whom there is a ...
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... months of the date of their depart- ure therefrom ; all aliens in transit through the United States ; all aliens who have been lawfully admitted to the United States and who later shall go in transit from one part of the United States ...
... months of the date of their depart- ure therefrom ; all aliens in transit through the United States ; all aliens who have been lawfully admitted to the United States and who later shall go in transit from one part of the United States ...
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Page 325 - States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, and, particularly, by name, to the prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of which the alien may be at the time a citizen or subject.
Page 327 - ... that he will support the Constitution of the United States, and that he absolutely and entirely renounces and abjures all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, and particularly, by name, to the prince, potentate, state or sovereignty of which he was before, a citizen or subject," which proceedings must be recorded by the clerk of the court.
Page 282 - That any American woman who marries a foreigner shall take the nationality of her husband. At the termination of the marital relation she may resume her American citizenship, if abroad, by registering as an American citizen within one year with a consul of the United States, or by returning to reside in the United States, or if residing in the United States at the termination of the marital relation, by continuing to reside therein.
Page 289 - The purpose of the Department of Labor shall be to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment.
Page 234 - ... persons who are members of or affiliated with any organllation entertaining and teaching disbelief in or opposition to organized government, or who advocate or teach 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...
Page 262 - ... any person whose ticket or passage is paid for with the money of another, or who is assisted by others to come...
Page 238 - That in every case where an alien is excluded from admission into the United States, under any law or...
Page 260 - ... 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 280 - Act, and all duties and taxes collected in the United States upon articles coming from the Philippine Archipelago and upon foreign vessels coming therefrom, shall not be covered into the general fund of the Treasury of the United States, but shall be held as a separate fund and paid into the Treasury of the Philippine Islands, to be used and expended for the government and benefit of said Islands.
Page 324 - Territory; also all courts of record in any State or Territory now existing, or which may hereafter be created, having a seal, a clerk, and jurisdiction in actions at law or equity, or law and equity, in which the amount in controversy is unlimited.