Immigration : $b A world movement and its American significanceFairchild, Henry Pratt
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Immigration : $b A world movement and its American significance
Fairchild, Henry Pratt
Emigration and immigration; United States -- Emigration and immigration
SECTION 2. To the excluded classes are added imbeciles, feeble-minded
persons, persons afflicted with tuberculosis, persons not included in
any of the specifically excluded classes who have a mental or physical
deficiency which may affect their ability to earn a living, persons who
admit having committed a crime involving moral turpitude, persons who
admit their belief in the practice of polygamy, women or girls coming
into the United States for the purpose of prostitution, or for any other
immoral purpose, or persons who attempt to bring in such women or girls,
and all children under the age of sixteen unaccompanied by one or both
of their parents, at the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce and
Labor. Persons whose tickets are paid for with the money of another must
show affirmatively that they were not paid for by any corporation,
society, association, municipality, or foreign government, either
directly or indirectly. This is not to apply to aliens in continuous
transit through the United States to foreign contiguous territory.
SECTION 3. The harboring of immoral women and girls in houses of
prostitution, or any other place for purposes of prostitution, within a
period of three years after their arrival, is made an offense punishable
in the same manner as importing them. Such women are liable to
deportation within three years.
SECTION 9. A fine of $100 is imposed on any person bringing in aliens
subject to any of the following disabilities: idiots, imbeciles,
epileptics, or persons afflicted with tuberculosis (or with a loathsome
or dangerous contagious disease), if these existed and might have been
detected previous to embarkation.
SECTION 12. It is made the duty of shipmasters taking alien passengers
out of the United States to furnish a report, before sailing, giving the
name, age, sex, nationality, residence in the United States, occupation,
and time of last arrival in the United States of each such alien
passenger.
SECTION 20. All deportations may be within three years.[105]
SECTION 25. Appeal from a decision of a board of special inquiry may be
made by the rejected alien or by any member of the board, through the
commissioner of the port and the Commissioner General of Immigration to
the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, except in cases of tuberculosis,
loathsome or dangerous contagious disease, or mental or physical
disability, as previously provided for, in which case the decision of
the board is final.
SECTION 26. Any alien who is not admissible because likely to become a
public charge, or because of physical disability other than tuberculosis
or loathsome or dangerous contagious disease, may be admitted on a
suitable bond against becoming a public charge.
SECTION 39. An Immigration Commission is to be appointed.
SECTION 40. The establishment of a Division of Information is
authorized. Its duty is to promote a beneficial distribution of aliens
admitted into the United States.
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