National origins provision of immigration law

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Identifikator:: 1796380105

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-196168

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Title:: National origins provision of immigration law

Place of publication:: Washington

Publisher:: Gov. Pr. Off.

Year of publication:: 1929

Scope:: III, 171 S

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Statement of Demarest Lloyd, representing delegation of patriotic societies, Washington, D.C.

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36 NATIONAL ORIGINS PROVISION OF IMMIGRATION TAW Senator Rep. You said it discriminated against nationalities? Mr. Lroyp. Yes. Senator Reep. Is there any reason why? Mr. Lroyp. It discriminates in favor of certain groups and against others; it discriminates in favor of the Germans and the Irish and against England, Scotland, North Ireland, and Wales, places from which most of the original stock of the country came from. We are not claiming that they ought to have more than their share of the quota, but we do not think they ought to have less. Senator Reep. You do not base your objection on any prejudice against particular nationalities, do you? Mr. Lroyp. No, sir. . Senator Rerp. I do not understand that you are finding fault with the Germans as immigrants. Mr. Lroyp. Not a particle. Senator Reep. Or Scandanavians? Mr. Lroyp. Not a particle. Senator Reep. Your attitude simply is they ought not to have more than their fair share, and they do have more than their fair share under the 1890 basis, do they? Mr. Lroyp. Yes, sir; that is it exactly. Senator Rep. Some mention has been made of Governor Smith’s attack on the 1890 basis in the last campaign. Do you recall whether or not it was attacked also in the House? Mr. Lroyp. The 1890 basis attacked in the House of Representa- tives? Senator Reep. Yes—or, you were not here at that time? Mr. Lroyp. I do not recall that. Senator Rep. My recollection is that at the time the immigra- tion law was under consideration it was very bitterly attacked by the Tammany representatives from New York, who claimed that the 1920 census of foreign born was the only basis on which quotas should be rested. Mr. Lroyp. It seems to me if you are going to base quotas on foreign-born census it is going to be very difficult to resist the force of the appeal to bring the census up to date; and if you have to give in to that appeal on the basis of 1920 or 1930 census you are going to get much more than 50 per cent of the immigration from southern and east Europe, and you will have a total quota of immigration very much unlike the population of the United States. The Crarrmax. Is not that one of the reasons that was given for the adoption of the 1890 census? Mr. Lroyp. Yes, sir; that was one of the reasons given for that. The Cuamrman. In order to avoid what we are just suggesting. Mr. Lroyp. Yes, sir; exactly. The Cratrman. And was not the entire argument that was made before the Congress upon the theory that in taking the 1890 census you were going to avoid the objectionable feature you have indicated ? Mr. Lion. Yes, sir. The 1890 foreign-born census basis does get a fairly accurate distribution of the quota as between the northwest and southeast Europe, but it gets a very inaccurate and wholly discriminatory basis of quotas as between the nations even——

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