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Immigration Act of 1891

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854: 83: 861: 446:) on the East Coast of the United States opened on January 2, 1892, shortly after the passage of the Immigration Act of 1891. It would be the busiest immigration inspection. Immigrant inspection at Ellis Island was carried out as per the specifications of the Immigration Act of 1891. The medical examination to determine medical excludability (as described in Section 1 of the Act) and detention of migrants with medical conditions were carried out at the 1115: 22: 317:. However, in this case the list needed to be submitted immediately upon arrival and was used to inspect aliens prior to admitting them. The inspectors at ports of entry had the authority to conduct a medical examination of aliens suspected of being unfit or having dangerous diseases, marking the beginning of 368:
In addition to Sections 10 and 11, that pushed the financial responsibility for deporting an alien onto the vessel or persons who had brought the alien in, other provisions aimed to penalize the abetting of migration. Sections 3 and 4 forbade advertising journeys to migrants as a way of getting jobs,
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Section 7 of the 1891 Act created the Office of Superintendent of Immigration. The new executive or bureaucratic office would comprise three clerks and a superintendent appointed by the president, who all worked under the jurisdiction of the secretary of the treasury. The Superintendent oversaw a new
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An Act of February 14, 1903 transferred the Bureau of Immigration from the Treasury Department to the newly created Department of Commerce and Labor. An "immigrant fund" created from collection of immigrants' head tax financed the Immigration Service until 1909, when Congress replaced the fund with
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The Act specified that the officers in charge of any vessel arriving by sea had to submit a list of passengers with their biographical information to the immigration inspectors at the port. Requirements of this sort had been part of United States federal law since the requirement for a manifest of
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Section 1 of the 1891 Act relisted categories of excludable aliens, adding some new categories. The new types of excludable aliens included persons likely to become public charges, persons suffering from certain contagious disease, felons, persons convicted of other crimes or misdemeanors,
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An Act of October 19, 1888 had established the authority to remove migrants who should not have been allowed to enter for up to one year after their arrival. The Immigration Act of 1891 reiterated the authority to remove aliens. The following two provisions were relevant:
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Section 10 specified that an alien may be required to depart by the same vessel used for arrival, and the captain or master of the ship was required to cooperate, with a minimum fine of $ 300 for non-cooperation and no permission for departure if a ship had unpaid
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Act of October 19, 1888 stated that any immigrant who had landed in violation of the Alien Contract Labor Law could be expelled within one year of arrival (this would be reiterated in the Immigration Act of 1891, with additional
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was the first major federal legislation describing a framework for regulation of immigration. The Act allowed for head taxes on certain arriving migrants, and allowed the use of this to fund a federal immigration bureaucracy.
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Payson Act of 1887 restricted the ownership of real estate in the United States to American citizens and those who have lawfully declared their intentions to become citizens, with certain specific exceptions.
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Section 11 allowed for the deportation of any aliens who had arrived in violation of the laws (i.e., if the alien was in one of the excludable categories) at the expense of whoever facilitated the alien's
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A congressional act of March 2, 1895 renamed the Office of Immigration as the Bureau of Immigration and changed the title of superintendent of immigration to commissioner-general of immigration.
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Whereas the Immigration Act of 1882 had only regulated the coastal borders of the United States, the Immigration Act of 1891 extended this authority to land borders with
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A parallel set of legislative, executive, and judicial changes was unfolding in the domain of Chinese exclusion. The key pieces of legislation were:
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in the United States. Aliens who were detained for a medical examination were still considered to not have formally entered the United States.
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An Act in amendment to the various acts relative to immigration and the importation of aliens under contract or agreement to perform labor.
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claim. The case was decided against the Japanese petitioner Yamataya, and found Yamataya to be deportable.
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Between 1882 and 1891, some other acts governing immigration were passed. The key ones are below:
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of the United States Constitution. This was the first time the Supreme Court allowed
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on May 7, 1891, and was denied entry under the Immigration Act of 1891. She sued for
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Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013
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corps of U.S. immigrant inspectors at the country's principal ports of entry.
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Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) (1996)
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National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC)
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American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act (ACWIA) (1998)
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Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA) (1997)
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Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act (INTCA) 1994
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Ending Discriminatory Bans on Entry to The United States (2021)
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American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act (AC21) (2000)
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polygamists, aliens assisted by others by payment of passage.
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United States federal immigration and nationality legislation
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New bureaucratic office to coordinate immigration enforcement
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New border procedures and extended authority to land borders
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placed a moratorium on migration from China, amending the
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Legal Immigration Family Equity Act (LIFE Act) (2000)
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Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles
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Immigration Act of 1882
China
51st United States Congress
Benjamin Harrison
Immigration Act of 1882
Alien Contract Labor Law
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Angell Treaty of 1880
Burlingame Treaty
Chinese Exclusion Act
Scott Act (1888)
Geary Act
Steerage Act of 1819
medical exclusion of immigrants
Canada
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Alien Contract Labor Law
Nishimura Ekiu v. United States
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