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When we speak of the restriction of immigration, at the present time, we have not in mind measures undertaken for the purpose of straining out from the vast throngs of foreigners arriving at our ports a few hundreds, or possibly thousands of persons, ... We already have laws which cover a considerable part of this ground;
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www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/immigr/walke.htm
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www.eugenicsarchive.org/html/eugenics/essay_9_fs.html
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Congress passed America's first naturalization law in 1790. It limited the privilege of US citizenship to "free white persons." About a century later, immigration laws began to restrict who could enter the country. ... The resulting law, the Immigration Restriction Act of 1924, was designed consciously to halt the...
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The other aspect is that the new immigrants were just walking all over American rule and not caring about laws and things. It states in Document F “We must rid our minds of the notion that America is some kind of world institution for the care of nuts; ... File Name: Immigration Restriction Law of 1924.txt - Download Original...
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www.slashdoc.com/documents/65933
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You can read more about the 1901 Immigration Restriction Act here ... Sorry about the rant, but this asshat is a blemish on Dutch politics. The anti-immigration crap has resulted in new immigration laws that:
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www.dailykos.com/story/2005/1/28/19521/1763
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When these crises had passed, emergency provisions for the resettlement of displaced persons in 1948 and 1950 helped the United States avoid conflict over its new immigration laws.
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www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/id/87718.htm
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“Shut the Door”: A Senator Speaks for Immigration Restriction ... At the turn of the 20th century, unprecedented levels of immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe to the United States aroused public support for restrictive immigration laws. After World War I, which temporarily slowed immigration levels,
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historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5080
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The Immigration Restriction Act was the key part of a package of legislation passed by the new Federal Parliament in 1901, aimed at excluding all non-European migrants.
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www.foundingdocs.gov.au/item.asp?dID=16
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Because illegal entry is a concomitant of restrictive immigration policy, the quota laws stimulated the production of illegal aliens and introduced that problem into the internal spaces of the nation. ... Immigration restriction was a core component of the politics of wartime nationalism and postwar reaction.
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