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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... ports to the women and children to come , because a charge is made against their quota . They give them to workmen to come to this country to work in order that they may remit money to support their families in that particular country ...
... ports to the women and children to come , because a charge is made against their quota . They give them to workmen to come to this country to work in order that they may remit money to support their families in that particular country ...
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... port to which the emigrants can go direct without leav- ing their own country . I would not charge anything for the visé . Senator REED . You might as well combine the visé function with the certificate function . Secretary DAVIS . That ...
... port to which the emigrants can go direct without leav- ing their own country . I would not charge anything for the visé . Senator REED . You might as well combine the visé function with the certificate function . Secretary DAVIS . That ...
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... port of inspection . The special immi- gration certificate shall be surrendered to the immigration officer at the port of inspection , who shall make such notation thereon and such disposition thereof as shall by regulations be ...
... port of inspection . The special immi- gration certificate shall be surrendered to the immigration officer at the port of inspection , who shall make such notation thereon and such disposition thereof as shall by regulations be ...
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... port of embarkation ? You are al- lowing a reasonable time , are you ? Mr. CURRAN . Yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . And you think three months is a reasonable time ? Mr. CURRAN . I do . In all our records I do not know of a single case where ...
... port of embarkation ? You are al- lowing a reasonable time , are you ? Mr. CURRAN . Yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . And you think three months is a reasonable time ? Mr. CURRAN . I do . In all our records I do not know of a single case where ...
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... port we see the immigrants ; we know them ; we handle them all day and every day . The relatives are usually nearer there . We know the ship sailings . We can act at once , I think , with better insight into the case and with no delay ...
... port we see the immigrants ; we know them ; we handle them all day and every day . The relatives are usually nearer there . We know the ship sailings . We can act at once , I think , with better insight into the case and with no delay ...
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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.