 | 1926 - 946 pagini
...we hold as security for the settlement of claims due to our people and our government. IMMIGRATION While not enough time has elapsed to afford a conclusive...forgetful of the obligations of a common humanity. While our country numbers among its best citizens many of those of foreign birth, yet those who now... | |
 | 1926 - 632 pagini
...our Immigration law is on the whole beneficial. It is undoubtedly a protection to the wage-earners of this country- The situation should, however, be...rights whatever under our constitution and laws. It is oniy through treaty, or through residence here, that such rights accrue. But we should not, however,... | |
 | United States U. S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Immigration - 1926 - 86 pagini
...afford relief, always in accordance with the principle that our Government owes its first duty to its •own people and that no alien inhabitant of another...legal rights whatever under our Constitution and laws. But we should not be unmindful of the obligations of common humanity." Most people who have studied... | |
 | 1926 - 720 pagini
...such modifications should be adopted as will afford relief, always in accordance with the principle that no alien, inhabitant of another country, has...rights whatever under our Constitution and laws." This paragraph has a mild and humanitarian sound, yet it has considerably alarmed those who look upon... | |
 | United States. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on immigration and naturalization - 1930 - 54 pagini
...exists why the relief afforded in the proposed amendment should not be granted In view of the admitted principle that " our Government owes its first duty...rights whatever under our Constitution and laws." The Government's first duty is to our own citizens, but it is to our own citizens that the relief accruing... | |
 | United States. Department of State - 1940 - 1088 pagini
...we hold as security for the settlement of claims due to our people and our Government. IMMIGRATION While not enough time has elapsed to afford a conclusive...forgetful of the obligations of a common humanity. While our country numbers among its best citizens many of those of foreign birth, yet those who now... | |
 | Judy Yung, Gordon H. Chang, H. Mark Lai - 2006 - 970 pagini
...exists why the relief afforded in the proposed amendment should not be granted in view of the admitted principle that — "Our Government owes its first...rights whatever under our Constitution and laws." The Government's first duty is to our own citizens, but it is to our own citizens that the relief accruing... | |
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It is undoubtedly a protection to the wage earners of this country. The situation should, however, be carefully surveyed, in order to ascertain whether it is working a needless hardship upon our own inhabitants. If it deprives them of the comfort and... 