National origins provision of immigration law

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Identifikator:: 1796380105

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

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: National origins provision of immigration law

Place of publication:: Washington

Publisher:: Gov. Pr. Off.

Year of publication:: 1929

Scope:: III, 171 S

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Statement of Hon. John W. McCormack, representive in congress from the state of Massachusetts

Collection:: Economics Books

144 NATIONAL ORIGINS PROVISION OF IMMIGRATION LAW of Irish foreigners, how many English foreigners, and these other foreigners claimed exemption. Senator Rep. Mr. McCormack, I do not think you read the statement carefully. This is a statement of the number claiming exemption because of alienage alone. Representative McCormack. And we are asked as public repre- sentatives to draw inferences from that statement. It is not what he said; it is what inferences are fairly deductible from the state- ment. That is an argument advanced in favor or national origins, to my way of thinking, and from that I am to draw certain in- stances, because there were 1,700,000 aliens in America, and about 600,000, roughly, claim deferred classification, and 300,000 were given it because they were alien enemies. I am to draw certain inferences from that statement, and the inferences from that statement are that these immigrants, 900,000 approximately, of which 300,000 were compelled to take deferred classification—we will assume most of them would have taken it, for the purpose of argument, but they were compelled, in any event, by the action of the boards or by operation of our law. We are asked to infer that those nationals we should discriminate against so far as immigration is concerned. Senator Reep. On the contrary, we are giving this same group of national origins as much representation as we are giving the Americans who fought the war. Surely that is being fair to them, is it not ? Representative MoCormack. Well, “Americans who fought the war.” You want to remember a large percentage of the Americans who fought the war are immigrants, in accordance with the de- scriptive term used by the committee, meaning all who arrived here since 1790, or their descent, in the main. I am talking about in the main, in a general way. Senator Rep. The point is that the native born did not, because they could not, claim exemption on account of alien birth. The point also is that 53 per cent of the foreign born who were called in the draft did claim exemption. Representative McCormack. And I understand that approxi- mately 60 per cent of those Americans claimed exemption. Senator Rep. Not on account of alienage? Representative McCormack. No; but for other reasons, Senator Reep. This does not take any account of the number of aliens who claimed exemption for other reasons. Representative McCormack. I know, but I feel it should be borne in mind that the second generation of Americans, children by the immigrants, look at things entirely different from one who arrives here from the land of their nativity. Senator ReEp. Precisely; and then why should you exclude those native-born children of immigrants from representation? Representative McCormick. You should under the 1790 classifi- sation, if the basis of determination is uncertain. Senator Rep. Was it your impression that the national origins was based entirely on the 1790 census? Representative McCormack. No; but one portion, the 41,000,000, is in the main determined upon the 1790 basis; 58,000,000 approxi: matel y——

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