Government Pamphlets on Immigration, Volume 11911 - United States |
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... reasons which convince many disinterested and patriotic Americans that no further restrictions on immigration are desirable . 1. The common , almost universal , fact in our country is a scarcity of labor . The same complaint is heard ...
... reasons which convince many disinterested and patriotic Americans that no further restrictions on immigration are desirable . 1. The common , almost universal , fact in our country is a scarcity of labor . The same complaint is heard ...
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... reasons for such restrictions , and points out methods by which Congress can attain the desired result if its judgment ... reason of large and constant reenforcement from abroad , it has kept conditions in the semi- skilled and unskilled ...
... reasons for such restrictions , and points out methods by which Congress can attain the desired result if its judgment ... reason of large and constant reenforcement from abroad , it has kept conditions in the semi- skilled and unskilled ...
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... reason of any offer , solicitation , promise , or agreement , express or implied , to perform labor in the United States ; the alien's condition of health , mental and physical ; whether deformed or crip- pled , and if so , for how long ...
... reason of any offer , solicitation , promise , or agreement , express or implied , to perform labor in the United States ; the alien's condition of health , mental and physical ; whether deformed or crip- pled , and if so , for how long ...
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... reason to deport the alien within a reasonable time by another vessel owned by the same interests , the cost of deportation may be paid by the Government and recovered by civil suit from any agent , owner , or consignee of the vessel ...
... reason to deport the alien within a reasonable time by another vessel owned by the same interests , the cost of deportation may be paid by the Government and recovered by civil suit from any agent , owner , or consignee of the vessel ...
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... reason of causes arising subsequent to entry , the cost thereof shall be payable from the appropriation for the enforce- ment of this act . A failure or refusal on the part of the masters , agents , owners , or consignees of vessels to ...
... reason of causes arising subsequent to entry , the cost thereof shall be payable from the appropriation for the enforce- ment of this act . A failure or refusal on the part of the masters , agents , owners , or consignees of vessels to ...
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Page 6 - ... persons who are members of or affiliated with any organization 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 States or of any other organized government...
Page 10 - ... might have been detected by means of a competent medical examination at such time, such person or transportation company, or the master, agent, owner, or consignee of any such vessel shall pay to the collector of customs of the customs district in which the port of arrival is...
Page 15 - ... no vessel shall be granted clearance papers pending the determination of the question of the liability to the payment of such fine, and in the event such fine is imposed, while it remains unpaid, nor shall such fine be remitted or refunded: Provided, That clearance may be granted prior to the determination of such questions upon the deposit of a sum sufficient to cover such fine and costs, such sum to be named by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
Page 9 - ... collector of customs of the customs district in which the port of arrival is located the sum of one hundred dollars for each and every violation of the provisions of this section...
Page 21 - When construing and enforcing the provisions of this Act, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any...
Page 11 - ... 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 18 - Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to alter the mode of appointing commissioners of immigration at the several ports of the United States as provided by the sundry civil appropriation Act approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, or the official status of such commissioners heretofore appointed.
Page 6 - ... 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 or of any other organized government, because of his or their official character, shall be permitted to enter the United States or any Territory or place subject to the jurisdiction thereof.
Page 15 - ... or with a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease, or with any mental or physical disability which would bring such aliens within any of the classes excluded from admission to the United States under section three of this Act.
Page 16 - ... at any time within three years after entry, any alien who shall have entered the United States by water at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officials, or by...