Immigration, a World Movement and Its American SignificanceMacmillan, 1913 - 445 страница |
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Страница 78 - ... any convict, lunatic, idiot, or any person unable to take care of himself or herself without becoming a public charge...
Страница 108 - ... to prepay the transportation, or in any way assist or encourage the importation or migration of any alien or aliens, any foreigner or foreigners, into the United States, its territories, or the District of Columbia, under contract or agreement, parol or special, express or implied, made previous to the importation or migration of such alien or aliens, foreigner or foreigners, to perform labor or service of any kind in the United States, its territories;, or the District of Columbia.
Страница 108 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act it shall be unlawful for any person, company, partnership, or corporation, in any manner whatsoever, to prepay the transportation, or in any way assist or encourage the importation or migration of any alien or aliens, any foreigner or foreigners, into the United States...
Страница 252 - My nurse was fond of remarking that you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear...
Страница 115 - ... all children under sixteen years of age unaccompanied by one or both of their parents, at the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor or under such regulations as he may from time to time prescribe...
Страница 109 - Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed as prohibiting any individual from assisting any member of his family or any relative or personal friend to migrate from any foreign country to the United States for the purpose of settlement here.
Страница 280 - It may be defined as a status or condition of compulsory service, based upon the indebtedness of the peon to the master.
Страница 265 - Committee is of the opinion that it is fairly conservative in its estimate that $825 is sufficient for the average family of five individuals, comprising the father, mother and three children under 14 years of age to maintain a fairly proper standard of living in the Borough of Manhattan.
Страница 117 - That any alien liable to be excluded because likely to become a public charge or because of physical disability other than tuberculosis in any form or a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease may, if otherwise admissible, nevertheless be admitted in the discretion of the Secretary of Labor upon the giving of a suitable and proper bond...
Страница 332 - No satisfactory evidence has yet been produced to show that immigration has resulted in an increase in crime disproportionate to the increase in adult population. Such comparable statistics of crime and population as it has been possible to obtain indicate that the immigrants are less prone to commit crime than are native Americans.