Also known as the Asiatic Barred Zone Act, the Immigration Act of 1917 barred immigrants from a large part of the world loosely defined as “any country not owned by the U.S. adjacent to the continent of Asia.” In practice, the barred zone provision excluded immigrants from Afghanistan, t...
26. Act of 1917 § 3, 8 USC § 136(a) (1946). 27. In re Steele, 12 1. & N. Dec. 302 (BIA, 1967); Inre La Rochelle, 11 I. & N. Dec. 436 (BA, 1965). 28. I. & N. Act § 212(a) (4), 8 USC § 1182 (a)(4) (1970). 29. Fleuti v. Rosenberg, 302 F....
1917:Xenophobia reaches new highs on the eve of American involvement inWorld War I. TheImmigration Act of 1917establishes a literacy requirement for immigrants entering the country and halts immigration from most Asian countries. May 1924:TheImmigration Act of 1924limits the number of immigrants allow...
Another immigration-related policy change during my sample period is the Immigration Act of 1917, also known as the Literacy Act. This legislation imposed literacy tests on new immigrants and curtailed new arrivals of certain types and from certain origins (principally from Asia). Given that assimil...
Whatever their intentions, it is also important to judge the ability of unknown others to act on their motivations, assessing the degree to which they are capable of getting things done. These two dimensions of social perception are labeled warmth and competence and together they define a space ...
European immigration to Canada for the duration of the war, and this for two reasons: The Europeans were to remain in their respective countries, to help the war effort. The War Measures Act, 1914 War Measures Act, 1914 Elections Act Wartime, 1917 Wartime Elections Act, 1917 Act to amend ...
achase away haze of heart. 驱散心脏阴霾。[translate] anobodyelse 没人[translate] aWe conclude only that Exarchou has sustained his burden of establishing good moral character under 19(c) of the Immigration Act of 1917, former 8 U.S.C. 155(c), and is entitled to further consideration of...
1775, the U.S. population had grown to about 2.5 million. The country was growing fast. Some thought too fast. So in the 1790s, laws were passed to control immigration for the first time. The Naturalization Act of 1798 required immigrants to live in the U.S, a certain number of ...
No other ethnic group on this planet has committed such a wonton act of fratricide on itself and then told the kids that they were “fighting for freedom” (good one!) I was mentally ill for nearly 2 weeks after I returned. The BNP is the only party openly standing up the native Bri...
Indian and Chinese immigration into the Caribbean region is intimately bound up with the fortunes of the regional sugar industry, the elements of which by the mid-19th century were at various different stages of development. All had been affected by the British abolition of the slave trade in ...