Selective Immigration Legislation: Hearings Before the Committee on Immigration, United States Senate, Sixty-eighth Congress, First Session, on S. 2365 and S. 2576, a Bill to Limit the Immigration of Aliens Into the United States, and to Provide a System of Selection in Connection Therewith, and for Other Purposes. February 13, 14, 20, 21, March 8, 13, 14, April 7 and 8, 1924 |
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... admission to the United States the applicant has been engaged in and seeks to enter the United States solely for the purpose of carrying on such vocation ; ( 4 ) skilled laborers ; ( 5 ) all other laborers , including domestic servants ...
... admission to the United States the applicant has been engaged in and seeks to enter the United States solely for the purpose of carrying on such vocation ; ( 4 ) skilled laborers ; ( 5 ) all other laborers , including domestic servants ...
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... admitted , he will depart from the United States . It is implied there that the admission is temporary . Secretary DAVIS . Under the law we can admit skilled labor where like labor can not be found in this country , but it is subject to ...
... admitted , he will depart from the United States . It is implied there that the admission is temporary . Secretary DAVIS . Under the law we can admit skilled labor where like labor can not be found in this country , but it is subject to ...
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... admitted as a student under subdivision ( g ) of section 4 shall be considered to be a failure to maintain the status under which admitted Would that mean , then , if a girl came over here to study medicine and was unfortunate enough or ...
... admitted as a student under subdivision ( g ) of section 4 shall be considered to be a failure to maintain the status under which admitted Would that mean , then , if a girl came over here to study medicine and was unfortunate enough or ...
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... admission of undesirable citizens , and with our force we can not give inspection more time . The CHAIRMAN . Mr. Curran , some immigrants might be delayed , might they not , in reaching the port of embarkation ? You are al- lowing a ...
... admission of undesirable citizens , and with our force we can not give inspection more time . The CHAIRMAN . Mr. Curran , some immigrants might be delayed , might they not , in reaching the port of embarkation ? You are al- lowing a ...
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... admitted students upon the principle that they come in as temporary sojourners for business or for pleasure ? Mr .. HUSBAND . Yes ; they have a rule under which students are admitted temporarily for business or pleasure . Senator ...
... admitted students upon the principle that they come in as temporary sojourners for business or for pleasure ? Mr .. HUSBAND . Yes ; they have a rule under which students are admitted temporarily for business or pleasure . Senator ...
Common terms and phrases
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Popular passages
Page 48 - ... name and complete address; whether ever before in the United States, and if so, when and where; whether ever in prison or almshouse or an institution or hospital for the care and treatment of the insane...
Page 179 - ... who have been induced, assisted, encouraged, or solicited to migrate to this country by offers or promises of employment, whether such offers or promises are true or false, or in consequence of agreements, oral, written or printed, express or implied, to perform labor in this country of any kind, skilled or unskilled...
Page 179 - States, deported as having been induced or solicited to migrate as above described ; any person whose ticket or passage is paid for with the money of another, or who is assisted by others to come, unless it is affirmatively and satisfactorily shown that such person does not belong to one of the foregoing excluded classes...
Page 150 - SEC. 16. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, including any transportation company, or the owner, master, agent, charterer, or consignee of any vessel, to bring to the United States by water from any place outside thereof (other than foreign contiguous territory...
Page 202 - States to another through foreign contiguous territory, (5) a bona fide alien seaman serving as such on a vessel arriving at a port of the United States and seeking to enter temporarily the United States solely in the pursuit of his calling as a seaman...
Page 162 - Labor shall by regulation prescribe ; and after the arrival of any such vessel it shall be the duty of such owner, agent, consignee, or master to report to such immigration officer, in writing, as soon as discovered, all cases in which any such alien has illegally landed from, the vessel, giving a description of such alien, together with any information likely to lead to his apprehension ; and before the departure of any such vessel...
Page 11 - 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 48 - ... children, if any; calling or occupation; personal description (including height, complexion, color of hair and eyes, and marks of identification...
Page 202 - The admission to the United States of an alien excepted from the class of immigrants by clause (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) of section 3, or declared to be a non-quota immigrant by subdivision (e) of section 4, shall be for such time as may be by regulations prescribed...
Page 179 - Whoever knowingly makes under oath any false statement with respect to a material fact in any application, affidavit, or other document required by the immigration laws or regulations prescribed thereunder, or knowingly presents any such application, affidavit, or other document containing any such false statement — "Shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.