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...
Immigration Act 1982 Presents the text of the Immigration Act of 1917, which regulated immigration of aliens to the United States. Definitions used in the Act; Prohibitions set... Act 被引量: 0发表: 1982年 Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not respo...
In 1790 Congress passed the first naturalization act, limiting those eligible to "free white persons." This put the new nation on a collision course with Great Britain, which, although it had naturalization statutes of its own, often refused to recognize the switch of allegiance of its subjects...
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...
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...
The Immigration Law of 1924 来自 EconPapers 喜欢 0 阅读量: 25 作者: FH Pratt 摘要: Four periods in the history of immigration policy, marked by the years 1830, 1882, 1917, 654.--The act of 1917 and the literacy test, 656.--The act of 1924 and the forces back of it, 659.--...
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...
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 ...
But they made a large leap exactly 100 years ago. On February 5, 1917, the restriction advocates scored their first big win with the passage of the federal Immigration Act of 1917. Getting the law approved required a congressional override of a presidential veto. ...
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...