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- Evolution of Policy. // Congressional Digest;May96, Vol. 75 Issue 5, p130
Traces the history of immigration legislation in the United States from 1891 until 1990. Reference to the Immigration Act of 1891; Description of the Naturalization Act of 1906; Details of the Immigration Act of 1924; The Displace Persons Act of 1948; The Immigration and Nationality Act of...
- 1901 'THE CASE AGAINST THE CHINAMAN'. Schwarz, Frederico D. // American Heritage;Dec2001, Vol. 52 Issue 8, p80
Recalls 'The Case Against the Chinaman' immigration policy since 1882 in the United States. Reasons for the ban of Chinese immigrants; Profile of former San Francisco, California mayor James D. Phelan, author of the article on the policy in 'The Saturday Evening Post,' newspaper; Date of the...
- GOP's flawed immigration bills. // Human Events;2/2/96, Vol. 52 Issue 4, p6
Focuses on controversial provisions found in Republican congressional leaders' immigration bills for 1996. House Representative Alan Simpson's motion for immigration reform; Problems with America's immigration policy; Proposed creation of a new federal Office of Employment and Public Assistance...
- New York archive yields rich details of Chinese American history. Hays, Constance L. // Chinatown News;9/3/94, Vol. 42 Issue 1, p7
Reveals a thorny period in American immigration history (1882 to 1943) when the Chinese Exclusion Acts barred all but four categories of Chinese immigrants from entering the United States. Details that have been discovered about the ordeals Chinese people faced and the cat-and-mouse game that...
- A nation of immigrants. Weisberger, Bernard A. // American Heritage;Feb/Mar94, Vol. 45 Issue 1, p75
Looks at current arguments against immigration and asserts that they have all been heard before. President Bill Clinton's decision to embrace the policy of the Bush administration of turning back boatloads of Haitian refugees before they reached the Florida shore; Overview of the immigration...
- 1922. Schwarz, Frederic D. // American Heritage;Nov97, Vol. 48 Issue 7, p100
Covers information on the case of Ozawa versus United States in November 13, 1922 on the eligibility of immigrants to become American citizens. Dependence of the case on the history of American immigration law; Task of constructing the definition of white; Type of distinction in citizenship.
- By Invitation Only. Stellman, Jeanne M. // Progressive;Oct86, Vol. 50 Issue 10, p7
Presents a letter to the editor of the magazine 'The Progressive,' about the history of U.S. immigration policy.
- By Invitation Only. Levy, Deborah M. // Progressive;Oct86, Vol. 50 Issue 10, p7
Responds to a letter to the editor of the magazine 'The Progressive,' about trials of European immigrants who sought entry into the U.S. but were turned down or ignored.
- The Transformation of Historiography on the "Punished Peoples". RO'I, YAACOV // History & Memory;Fall/Winter2009, Vol. 21 Issue 2, p150
The article outlines Russian historiography on one of the most troubled episodes in Soviet history�the deportation of populations on an ethnic basis, sometimes in fact of entire national groups. The topic is sensitive since the impact of this practice has continued to trouble Russian politics...
