242:. In 1895, he was appointed Assistant United States District Attorney. He held that position until 1898, when he was appointed Special Assistant U.S. District Attorney for an important government case. He was appointed again to the position later that year. In 1898, he became a member of the law firm Lewinson, Kohler & Schattman. He made a speciality of federal court cases. In 1899, he published a monograph on Methods of Review in Criminal Cases in the United States for a large volume published in London called "The Necessity of Criminal Appeal as Illustrated by the Maybrick Case and the Jurisprudence of Various Countries," which was edited by J. H. Levy.
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Armenians, Hindus, and Chinese immigrants. He became an authority on immigration law, and legislators and congressional committees sought his advice. He believed the Founding Fathers intended America to be a haven for refugees from all countries, and for most of his career refused to accept remuneration in immigration cases. He wrote a large number of brief and articles and subject, and some of the articles were posthumously collected and published under the title
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and later other nationalities. He noted the hardships immigrants were exposed to, and after leaving public office he became involved in a number of immigration cases related to different nationalities and ethnicities, brought them before the U.S. Supreme Court, and created important precedents. Some
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intention to limit Jewish enrollment. Both measures were successfully defeated. When Jews began to be persecuted in Nazi
Germany, he published articles and pamphlets that encouraged the American government to persuade the Nazi government to change its position.
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Honorary Secretary of the National Committee for the Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Settlement of Jews in the United States in 1905. He served for many years on the Committee on Legislation of the
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