Selective Immigration Legislation: Hearings Before the ...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...1924 - 314 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 34
Page 6
... President of the United States has the power to shut off all immigration or such immigration as he feels is right ; that is , upon the certificate of the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Labor that such conditions exist . The ...
... President of the United States has the power to shut off all immigration or such immigration as he feels is right ; that is , upon the certificate of the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Labor that such conditions exist . The ...
Page 7
... President to suspend immigration from all or any countries at any time that unemployment exists . Now , when you read that in connection with power to issue special immigration certificates , is not that the same thing as turning over ...
... President to suspend immigration from all or any countries at any time that unemployment exists . Now , when you read that in connection with power to issue special immigration certificates , is not that the same thing as turning over ...
Page 8
... President the power to legislate as to how many people shall come in from any country in any year ? Is it not a roundabout way of saying that the President shall have the power of Congress to fix the amount of immigration ? Secretary ...
... President the power to legislate as to how many people shall come in from any country in any year ? Is it not a roundabout way of saying that the President shall have the power of Congress to fix the amount of immigration ? Secretary ...
Page 54
... President and in the heads of departments . Sometimes they abuse that power , but , as you know , that happens very rarely . This idea that you can not trust an administrative officer to obey the law is , to my mind , quite unfounded ...
... President and in the heads of departments . Sometimes they abuse that power , but , as you know , that happens very rarely . This idea that you can not trust an administrative officer to obey the law is , to my mind , quite unfounded ...
Page 66
... President or the Secretary , or somebody , so that for the sake of humanity it may be possible to make an exception within certain limitations as to numbers ? The CHAIRMAN . You do admit temporarily those who come for business or ...
... President or the Secretary , or somebody , so that for the sake of humanity it may be possible to make an exception within certain limitations as to numbers ? The CHAIRMAN . You do admit temporarily those who come for business or ...
Common terms and phrases
admission admitted alien apply assimilability Assistant Secretary HENNING basis BRAMAN bring census of 1890 cent CHAIRMAN coming Congress consul consular officer crew CURRAN Department DEVER discrimination eastern Europe Ellis Island EMERY emigration fact farm farmers favor foreign born FURUSETH gentlemen give Government GULNACK hear HUSBAND immi immigration law industry Italian Italy Johnson bill La Follette land language large number legislation MARSHALL MAYPER ment months native passport population port present law present quota President provision question quota law races racial RAVENEL reason REED of Pennsylvania regulations represent restriction seamen seamen's act Secretary DAVIS Secretary of Labor SELECTIVE IMMIGRATION Senator COPELAND Senator HARRIS Senator HARRISON Senator KING Senator REED Senator WILLIS ship skilled labor southern and eastern speak special immigration certificate statement suggest thing tion to-day United vessel visé certificate Watson bill York
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 158 - The owner, charterer, agent, consignee, or master of any vessel arriving in the United States from any place outside thereof who fails to detain on board any alien seaman employed on such vessel until the immigration officer in charge at the port of arrival has inspected such seaman...
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 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.