National origins provision of immigration law

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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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Title:: Statement of Frances H. Kinnicutt, immigration restriction league, and allied patriotic society, New York City

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158 NATIONAL ORIGINS PROVISION OF IMMIGRATION LAW State is admited to be fair by Americans of Irish descent. I refer to the testimony of Mr. Joseph Carey, President of the American- Irish Republican League, before the House Committee on Immigra- tion and Naturalization, January 26, 1927 (p. 65) : Mr. Carey. I am president of the American-Irish Republican League of Detroit. It is a local organization. Mr. Horapay. Is it a political organization? Mr. Carey. Yes; it is. Mr. Horapay. Is it composed largely of Irish? Mr. Carey. It is American. We put America first. It is Americaun-Irish, vecause we believe that America needs constant attention. Mr. Horapay. I suppose your objection to the national-origins plan is based primarily upon the fact that it would seriously reduce the quota of the Irish Free State from the number granted it according to the census of 1890. Mr. Carey. No; I would not say that. I have no instructions bearing on that particular peint, but I believe it is generally thought that the Irish Free State quota under the present law is quite liberal. It is very liberal. The present quota is 13.000 looks qu'te liberal. As already seen, the revised national-origins quota for the Irish Free State is 17427. In view of the fact that other points involved in the question be- fore your committee have been pretty fully covered by other wit- nesses, I shall not trespass upon your time by going into them. 1 will only add this word in conclusion: That the societies I represent believe that the immigration act of 1924 was a statesmaniike meas- ure, conscientiously worked out and meeting with the full approval of the great majority of American citizens. A fundamental part of the act—the permanent basis for apportioning the immigration— lias not been allowed to go into eflect. We believe that a further postponement of this provision of the existing law would be equiv- alent to repudiation of the law itself and of our whole present sys- tem of restricting immigration. Therefore. we are opposed to the passage of the Nye resolution. I beg to thank the committee for its great courtesy in permitting me to make the foregoing statement, with accompanying exhibits. Exnisir No. 1 COPY OF RESOLUTION OF IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION LEAGUE Whereas Senate Joint Resolution 192, introduced by Senator Nye, provides for a further postponement of one year in putting into effect the national yriging clause of the immigration act of 1924 by which the inequalities in the quotas of certain countries determined on the 1890 foreign born census basis are removed so that our immigration is apportioned fairly in accordance with the number of people in our present population of each national origin, and Whereas said national-origins provision is fundamental part of the system of quota restriction adopted by Congress in 1924 and further delay in putting the same into effect amounts to repudiation of our whole present system of restriction. Resolved, by the main body of the Immigration Restriction League (Inc), at a regular meeting held on the 25th day of January, 1929. that said Senate Joint Resolution 192 is against the public interest and should not be enacted into law. + pdr. Fxursit No. 2 RESOLUTION Resolution relating to immigration legislation unanimously adopted at the regular monthly meeting of the Allied Patriotic Societies (Ine.), held on Viav 2. 1928 «

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