Immigration : $b A world movement and its American significanceFairchild, Henry Pratt
History
Immigration : $b A world movement and its American significance
Fairchild, Henry Pratt
Emigration and immigration; United States -- Emigration and immigration
SECTION 3. The importation of prostitutes is forbidden under a (maximum)
penalty of five years’ imprisonment and a fine of $5000.
SECTION 9. The bringing in of any person afflicted with a loathsome or a
dangerous contagious disease by any person or company, except railway
lines, is forbidden. A fine of $100 is attached if it appears that the
disease might have been detected at the time of embarkation.
SECTION 11. If a rejected alien is helpless from sickness, physical
disability, or infancy, and is accompanied by an alien whose protection
is required, both shall be returned in the usual way.
SECTION 20. The period of deportation for aliens who have come into this
country in violation of law, including those who have become public
charges within two years after landing, is raised to two years.
SECTION 21. A similar provision for deportation within three years is
made for the above classes of aliens, with the exception of public
charges.
SECTION 24. The appointment of immigration inspectors and other
employees is put under the Civil Service rules.
SECTION 25. The boards of special inquiry are to consist of three
members. Either the alien or any dissenting member of the board may
appeal.
SECTION 39. Anarchists, etc., are not to be naturalized.
The important features of this act are the further extension of the
excluded classes; special attention and penalties with respect to
prostitutes; the period of deportation raised to two and three years.
Act of February 14, 1903. The Department of Commerce and Labor is
created, and the Commissioner General of Immigration is transferred to
it from the Treasury Department.
March 22, 1904. Newfoundland is added to the countries exempt from the
head tax.
June 29, 1906. The Bureau of Immigration is henceforth to be called the
Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization, and is to have charge of the
business of naturalization. A register is to be kept at immigration
stations, giving full information in regard to all aliens arriving in
the United States.
On February 20, 1907, there was passed an inclusive immigration law,
designed to include all of the previous laws, and repealing such
provisions of earlier laws as are not consistent with the present law.
The principal changes introduced by the new law are as follows:
SECTION 1. The head tax is raised to $4. It is not to be levied on
aliens who have resided for at least one year immediately preceding, in
Canada, Newfoundland, Cuba, or Mexico, nor on aliens in transit through
the United States.
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