Speech #590039260

That there shall be levied. collected. and paid a duty of $10 for each and every passenger not a citizen of the United States or of the Dominion of Canada. the Republic of Cuba. or of the Republic of Mexico who shall come by steam. sail. or other vessel from any foreign port to any port within the United States. or by any railway or any other mode of transportation. from foreign contiguous territory to the United States. The said duty slall be paid to the collector of customs of the port or customs district to which said alien passenger shall come. or. if there be no collector at such port or district. then to the collector nearest thereto. by the master. agent. owner. or consignee of every such vessel or transportation line. The money thus collected shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States. and shall constitute a permanent appropriation. to be called the " immigrant fund." to be used under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to defray the expense of regulating the Immigration of aliens Into the United States under this act. including the cost of maintaining a bureau for furnishing aliens at ports of embarkation and domestic ports with information regarding different parts of the country. the needs and demands for labor therein. the resources and climate of the different sections of the country. also including the cost of reports of decisions of the Federal courts and digests thereof for the use of lhb Comnm.isionerGeneral of Immigration. the cost of translating and printing certain parts of the immigration laws and regulations. and of printing application blanks and certificates of admission hereinafter provided for. and the salaries and expenses of all officers. clerks. and employees appointed especially for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this act. The duty imposed by this section shall be a lien upon the vessel which shall bring such aliens to ports of the United States. and shall be a debt in favor of the United States against the owner or owners of such vessels. and the payment of such duty may be enforced by any legal or equitable remedy. The head tax herein provided for shall not be levied upon aliens in transit through the United States. nor upon aliens who have once been admitted Into the United States and have paid the head tax who later shall go in transit from one part of the United States to another through foreign contiguous territory: Provided. That the CommissionerGeneral of Immigration. under the direction or with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor. by agreement with transportation lines. as provided in section 32 of this act. may arrange in some other manner for the payment of the duty imposed by this section upon aliens seeking admission overland. either as to all or as to any such aliens. SEC. 2. That the following classes of aliens shall be excluded from admission into the United States.: All idiots. insane. or feebleminded persons. epileptics. and. persons who have at any time previously been insane. paupers. persons likely to become public charges. professional beggars . persons afflicted with a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease or with tuberculosis . persons who are wholly dependent for their support upon their own physical exertions and who are afflicted with a chronic disease or whose physical or mental condition is such as would Incapacitate them for such work. persons who have been convicted of a felony or other crime or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude other than a purely political offense. bigamists. anarchists. or persons who believe in or advocate the overthrow by force or violence of the Government of the United States or of all government or of allforms of law. or the assassination of public officials. prostitutes. and persons who procure or attempt to bring in prostitutes or women for the purpose of prostitution . those who have been within one year from the date of the application for admission into the United States deported as being under offers. solicitations. promises. or agreements to perform labor or service of some kind therein. any person over 10 years Qf age who can not read and write. any person over 60 years of age who will be dependent upon his or her own exertions. unless he or she be one who has been sent for as hereinafter provided. any child under IS years of age unaccompanied by any parent. grandparent. or lawfully appointed guardian. unless such child has been sent for as hereinafleer provided. and also any person whose ticket or passage is paid for with the money of another or who is assisted by others to come. but thls section shall not be held to prevent persons who have become citizens of the United States. and who themselves are residing therein. from sending for a grandfather. grandmother. father. mother. brother. sister. child. or grandchild who is not of the foregoing excluded (lasses: Provided. That skilled labor may be imported if labor of like kind unemployed can not be found in this country: And provided furthcr. That the provisions of this law applicable to contract labor shall not be held to exclude professional actors. artists. lecturers. singers. ministers of any religious denomination. professors for colleges or seminaries. persons belonging to any recognized learned profession. or persons employed strictly as personal or domestic servants: And provided further. That no aliens shall be admitted into the United States without first having obtained from the diplomatic or consular officer of the United States nearest his or her place of residence a certificate of admission as shall be hereinafter provided for. Upon receipt of application for such certificate the diplomatic or consular officer shall furnish the applicant with a copy of the United States immigration laws. as well as of the regulations governing the admission of immigrants under the provisions of this act. which shall be translated Inthe language of the government to which he is accredited. and he shall require said applicant to fill out and execute under oath a formal application in triplicate. to be prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor. setting forth the reason of the applicants desire to become a citizen of the United Stales . his or her trade or occupation. date and place of birth. names of his or her grandparents. parents. brothers. or sisters. if married. name of his or her wife or husband and of children and grandchildren. if any . present and previous residence . state of health . his or her intended destination in the United States. and intentions upon reaching there. and whether he or she is the owner of real or personal estate. and it so. of what description and value. With said formal application tihe diplonatic or consular officer shall also require a certificate. also in I triplicate of the chief officer or minister of police where such applicant resides to the effect that the applicant is under no charge of crime or violation of law. and has not been for a period of five years. Upon receipt of such application and certificate the diplomatic officer shall. if same be in proper form. communicate (and the consular officer shall so act through the proper diplomatic representative) with the foreign office of the government to which he is accredited with a view to ascertaining whether for any reason said applicant would not be permitted to emigrate. Upon satisfying himself as to whether or not the applicant Is in every particular under the provisions of this act entitled to admission into the United States the diplomatic or consular officer shall forward the original and duplicate (retaining the triplicate for the records of his office) application and certificate. with complete description of the applicant. to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor. with his recommendation. In the Secretary of Commerce and Labor shall be vested the power to refuse the issuance of certificate of admission to any person not entitled to admission under the provisions of this act. and also. in his discretion. to persons whose intentions are to take up his or her residence in any city or town having a population consisting of over 30 per cent of foreignborn residents: Provided. That such person is not a grandparent. parent. wife or husband. brother or sister. or child or grandchild of a parent already in the United States and shall have come after having been sent for. as herein provided. and any alien who shall take up his or her residence at a place other than that described in his or her application shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and. when apprehended. shall be deported in accordance with existing law. If the Secretary of Commerce and Labor decides that the applicant Is entitled by law to admission he shall cause to he issued in duplicate a certificate containing a complete and accurate description of the applicant. his or her final destination in the United States. and the names of his or her grandparents. parents. brothers. sisters. wife or husband. and children and grandchildren. if any. granting to the applicant admission into the United States at any time within the period of ninety days after thirty days from the date thereof. provided said applicant shall be found. upon examination by immigration officers at the port of arrival. entitled physically and mentally to admission under the provisions of this act. and these shall be forwarded to the diplomatic or consular officer to whom the application was made. The diplomatic or consular officer shall notify applicant of their receipt. and immediately prior to said applicants departure. and upon receipt of a fee. to be reported and accounted for by said officer. to be prescribed by the Secretary of State. in the currency of the country of the applicant as nearly equivalent as Is possible to $1.50 United States currency. and also of a certificate of good health issued by an officer of the United States Public Health and MarineHospital Service at the port of departure. he shall forward the original certificate to the applicant and at the same time the duplicate to the immigration officer at the port of arrival of the immigrant. for his information and guidance. No alien shall be admitted into the United States without a certificate provided for in this act. and any alien arriving without such certificate shall be returned to the country from whence he or she came. at the expense of the steamship or railroad company which brought him or her. Mr. Chairman. under this bill all that the gentleman from Massachusetts has been contending for is provided. A rigid examination is made on the other side of the water by United States diplomatic or consular officers. That is where the examination should be made and the restrictions take effect. and then if the applicants for immigration make any false statements. or if they settle in any city or town having a population consisting of over 30 per cent of foreignborn residents they can be deported for making such false statements or settling in places from which they have been restricted. The gentleman states that he was not desirous of simply keeping out a few thousand indesirable aliens. but he wanted to cut this great influx of immigration in two. Let him help me pass this measure. and if it becomes a law I will guarantee that he will see a cut of at least 75 per cent.