CONCLUSION

(Sections 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26,28, 29, 30, 31 and 32) The remaining sections of the Act dealing with "Deportation", "Penalty for Illegal Transportation", "Entry from Foreign Contiguous Territory", "Unused Immigration Visas," "Preparation of Documents", "Offenses in Connection with Documents", "Burden of Proof" (which has already been referred to), "Rules and Regulations", "Act to be in Addition to Immigration Laws" (which has already been referred to), "Steamship Fines Under 1917 Act", "General Definitions" (which has already been referred to), "Authorization of Appropriation", "Act of May 19, 1921", "Time for Taking Effect" and "Saving Clause in Event of Unconstitutionality" are one and all, with the exception of the latter, of a purely technical administrative character. In general, it may be said that these sections are so drawn as to correct defects in the Act of 1917, where interpretation by the courts or experience in practice have demonstrated that the underlying intent could not be carried out in the administration of the Act. The last section No. 32 entitled "Saving Clause in Event of Unconstitutionality" provides that if any provision of this Act or the application thereof is held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.

In conclusion, it may be said that the Immigration Act of 1924 may reasonably be expected to accomplish the following results:

(1) A definite improvement in the quality and character
of immigrants lawfully admitted to the United
States through more efficient means of enforcement
of the provisions of Section 3 of the Act of 1917, exclud-
ing undesirables from the United States.
(2) An elimination of the so-called hardship cases at ports
of entry of the United States in respect to immigrants
who answer accurately and in good faith, all the ques-
tions contained in their application for an immigra-
tion visa.

(3) A definite restriction upon lawful immigration into
the United States without the violation of treaty
engagements.

(4) The progressive development of a homogeneous

population.

On the other hand, it is probable that there will be a stimulation of surreptitious entries through the ports and over our northern or southern frontiers for three reasons:

(1) The Act embodies no provision requiring the registra

tion of aliens now within the borders of the United
States.

(2) Because there is no general registration statute cover-
ing citizens, native born or naturalized, in effect, by
which a provision such as that indicated in the previous
paragraph could be made effective.

(3) Because of the lack of coordination in Government agencies charged with the enforcement of the Federal statutes.

APPENDIX "A"

TEXT OF THE AMERICAN IMMIGRATION ACT OF 19241

[PUBLIC NO. 139-68TH CONGRESS]

[H. R. 7995]

An Act To limit the immigration of aliens into the United States, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Immigration Act of 1924."

IMMIGRATION VISAS

SEC. 2. (a) A consular officer upon the application of any immigrant (as defined in section 3) may (under the conditions hereinafter prescribed and subject to the limitation prescribed in this Act or regulations made thereunder as to the number of immigration visas which may be issued by such officer) issue to such immigrant an immigration visa which shall consist of one copy of the application provided for in section 7, visaed by such consular officer. Such visa shall specify (1) the nationality of the immigrant; (2) whether he is a quota immigrant (as defined in section 5) or a non-quota immigrant (as defined in section 4); (3) the date on which the validity of the immigration visa shall expire; and (4) such additional information necessary to the proper enforcement of the immigration laws and the naturalization laws as may be by regulations prescribed.

(b) The immigrant shall furnish two copies of his photograph to the consular officer. One copy shall be permanently attached by the consular officer to the immigration visa and the other copy shall be disposed of as may be by regulations prescribed.

(c) The validity of an immigration visa shall expire at the end of such period, specified in the immigration visa, not exceeding four months, as shall be by regulations prescribed. In the case of 1 Reprinted from the official text furnished by the State Department.

an immigrant arriving in the United States by water, or arriving by water in foreign contiguous territory on a continuous voyage to the United States, if the vessel, before the expiration of the validity of his immigration visa, departed from the last port outside the United States and outside foreign contiguous territory at which the immigrant embarked, and if the immigrant proceeds on a continuous voyage to the United States, then, regardless of the time of his arrival in the United States, the validity of his immigration visa shall not be considered to have expired.

(d) If an immigrant is required by any law, or regulations or orders made pursuant to law, to secure the visa of his passport by a consular officer before being permitted to enter the United States, such immigrant shall not be required to secure any other visa of his passport than the immigration visa issued under this Act, but a record of the number and date of his immigration visa shall be noted on his passport without charge therefor. This subdivision shall not apply to an immigrant who is relieved under subdivision (b) of section 13, from obtaining an immigration visa.

(e) The manifest or list of passengers required by the immigration laws shall contain a place for entering thereon the date, place of issuance, and number of the immigration visa of each immigrant. The immigrant shall surrender his immigration visa to the immigration officer at the port of inspection, who shall at the time of inspection indorse on the immigration visa the date, the port of entry, and the name of the vessel, if any, on which the immigrant arrived. The immigration visa shall be transmitted forthwith by the immigration officer in charge at the port of inspection to the Department of Labor under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor.

(f) No immigration visa shall be issued to an immigrant if it appears to the consular officer, from statements in the application, or in the papers submitted therewith, that the immigrant is inadmissible to the United States under the immigration laws, nor shall such immigration visa be issued if the application fails to comply with the provisions of this Act, nor shall such immigration visa be issued if the consular officer knows or has reason to believe that the immigrant is inadmissible to the United States under the immigration laws.

(g) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to entitle an immigrant, to whom an immigration visa has been issued, to enter

the United States, if, upon arrival in the United States, he is found to be inadmissible to the United States under the immigration laws. The substance of this subdivision shall be printed conspicuously upon every immigration visa.

(h) A fee of $9 shall be charged for the issuance of each immigration visa, which shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

DEFINITION OF “IMMIGRANT"

SEC. 3. When used in this Act the term "immigrant" means any alien departing from any place outside the United States destined for the United States, except (1) a government official, his family, attendants, servants, and employees, (2) an alien visiting the United States temporarily as a tourist or temporarily for business or pleasure, (3) an alien in continuous transit through the United States, (4) an alien lawfully admitted to the United States who later goes in transit from one part of the United States to another through foreign contiguous territory, (5) a bona fide alien seaman serving as such on a vessel arriving at a port of the United States and seeking to enter temporarily the United States solely in the pursuit of his calling as a seaman, and (6) an alien entitled to enter the United States solely to carry on trade under and in pursuance of the provisions of a present existing treaty of commerce and navigation.

NON-QUOTA IMMIGRANTS

SEC. 4. When used in this Act the term "non-quota immigrant"

means

(a) An immigrant who is the unmarried child under 18 years of age, or the wife, of a citizen of the United States who resides therein at the time of the filing of a petition under section 9;

(b) An immigrant previously lawfully admitted to the United States, who is returning from a temporary visit abroad;

(c) An immigrant who was born in the Dominion of Canada, Newfoundland, the Republic of Mexico, the Republic of Cuba, the Republic of Haiti, the Dominican Republic, the Canal Zone, or an independent country of Central or South America, and his wife, and his unmarried children under 18 years of age, if accompanying or following to join him;

(d) An immigrant who continuously for at least two years immediately preceding the time of his application for admission