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 Dr. Joseph A. Hill, assistant to the director of the census, Department of Commerce

Collection:: Economics Books

NATIONAL ORIGINS PROVISION OF IMMIGRATION LAW 21 Doctor Hin. Yes. Senator Reep. The countries of the northern Balkans, and that would be Bulgaria and Yugoslavia? Doctor Hire. Yes; but as applied to those countries not affected by the war I should say that the national-origin plan would not be more accurate. Senator Nye. Would it be as accurate, Doctor ? Doctor Hirir. In some cases it would not, I am inclined to think. Senator Nye. What percentage, now, of the peoples involved in this immigration law would be involved in any geographical changes coming as a result of the war? Doctor Hirr. I think perhaps Mr. Boggs can speak on that better than I can. I did not work over those geographical features. Mr. Boggs. What. was the question? Senator Nye. We have a given number coming into our country ander the immigration laws. What percentage of them would be affected as the result of the geographical changes resulting from the war ¢ Mr. Boges. I do not quite understand. Senator Nye. What is our total immigration Senator Reep. One hundred and sixty-four thousand total. Senator Nye. What percentage of those coming from territory which has been in any way changed as the result of the war? Mr. Boaes. About 43 per cent. And the changes, if I may go on, have affected about 141% or 15 per cent; by that I mean that when we add together the numbers which have to be attributed to a quota country which differs in name from the census entry from which it is derived, the total amounts to approximately 1414 per cent of the total of the present quotas. The Crairman. Are there any further questions that are desired to be propounded of Doctor Hill? Senator Reep. I would like to consider that last statement by Mr. Boggs. All of the people from Germany are affected to some extent by the determination of the German area and the quotas between the present Germany and the pre-war (Germany. That is 51,000 people, is it not ? Mr. Boggs. Yes, sir. Senator Reep. All the people of the Irish Free State quota are affected by the geographical changes that have taken place there, are they not? Mr. Bocas. Yes, Senator Reep. That is 28,000 more? Mr. Boges. Yes, sir. Senator Reep. All the people in Poland are affected similarly; that is nearly 6,000 more, is it not Mr. Boaes. Yes. May I add, you can not as easily dispose of it that way as you can to take the 1890 census of the foreign born from Austria-Hungary (including the figures for “ Bohemia ”), Germany, Russia (including the figures for “Poland ”), Bulgaria, and Turkey, and add them together and compute the percentage of the total number of foreign born from European countries in 1890. Senator Rump. That is true. But the question asked you is, what proportion of the people in the present quotas are affected bv these

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