Speech #620267265

If the person applying is a student. such certificate shall. in addition. state lie nature of the studies theretofore pursued. the nature of the studies to be pursued in the United States. .and where they wvill be pursued. and that prevision has been made for the care and maintenance of the student. as such. in this country. If the certificate be soight for the tiurpose of travel for curiosity. it shall also state whether the alpplicant intends to pass throgh or travel within the United States. and his financial standing In the country issuing such certificate. The certiiicate and the identity of the person named therein and whosc plhotograph Is attached thereto shall. before such person goes on board ulmly vessel to proceed to the United States. be vis(ed by the indorsement of time diplomatic representative of the United States In the foreign couitry from which said certificate Issues. or of the consular representative of the United States at the port or place front which the person named in the certificate is about to depart. or of an official of the Immigration Service detailed for that Iuriose. and it shall be tiIe dutV of such diiloniatic representative or consular representative or inmigration official before indorsing such certificate to examine Into the truth of tile statements set forth therein. and if he shall find upon examination that any statement therein contained is untrue. it shall be his duty to refuse to indorse the certifieac. The said cerificatc. vis6ed s aforesaid. shall be prima facie evidence of the facts set forth therein. and shall be produced to the immigration official in charge at the port of the United States at which the alien named therein shall arrive. and shall be the sole evidence permissible on the part of such person to establish a right of entry into the United States. but said certificate may be controverted and the facts therein stated disproved by the United States authorities. The said certificate shall be taken up by the immigration official by whom the person presenting same Is admitted to the United States. and there shall be issued In lieu thereof n certificate of identity containing a complete personal description and a photograph of the admitted person. which certificate of identity shall be retained by him as evidence of his lawful entry to the country and of his right to reside therein so long as he maintains a status or occupation placing him within the excepted classes enumerated therein. "The legal wives and naturalborn children under 10 years of age of members of the excepted classes herein mentioned shall be regarded as partaking of the status of the husband and father. respectively. so long as coverture continues or they remain under the age stated and shall. if in all other respects admissible. be admitted to the United States upon satisfactorily establishing that they sustain the claimed relationship to a person of the said excepted classes residing within the United States or seeking admission thereto in company with them and that coverture exists or they are of the age hercinhbefore stated at the time of application: Provided. That no such wife or child shall be admitted to -the United States as of that status unless ageompanied by. or coming to join. the husband or father. and. if the husband or father is already In the United States. unless it is satisfactorily shown that such husband or father is lawfully entitled to be and remain tn the United States. and shown by the testimony of at least two witnesses other than Asiatics that such husband or father is and has been for at least three years a bona fide member of an exempt class: Provided frther. That Asiatic aliens admitted to the United States as the naturalborn children of members of the said exempted classes shall not at any time establish and maintain themselves in any other status or occupation than one which will constitute them members themselves -of the -said excepted classes. otherwise they shall be subject to deportation in accordance with the provisions hereof. " It shall be unlawful for any Asiatic who shall have entered the Un ited States as a member of the excepted classes herein enumerated to thereafter work for gain as a laborer . and any person so doing shall be deported in the manner provided in section 45 of this act. " In every case where any person Is excluded from admission into the United States. or is ordered deported from the United States. under the provisions of this act or of any law or treaty now existing or hereafter made. the decision of the appropriate Immigration officials. or of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor in appeal and warrant cases. shall be final. �SEc. 48. That any Asiatic alien. whether a member of the excepted classes enumerated in section 47 hereof or not. who obtains a certificate of residence in accordance with the provisions of this act. and any Asiatic alien admitted to tse United States as a member -of the excepted classes in accordance with section 47 hereof. or who is admitted as and continues to be the wife or child of such a member of the excepted classes in accordance with the terms of said section. shall be permitted to leave the United States at any time and through any seaport. or through any land border port designated by the Commissioner General of immigration as a port of entry for aliens under this act. and. If admissible under the general provisions of this act. to return to and reenter the United States at any future time upon the following conditions : He shall at the time of departure deposit with the immigration official in charge at the port through which he departs his certificate" of residence or certificate of identity. obtaining in lieu thereof a return certificate of a character and form to be prescribed by the Commissioner General. and shall reenter through such port of departure and satisfactorily identify himself at the time of return as the person to whom the certificate of residence or certificate of Identity so deposited relates. " SEc. 49. That any person. including the master. agent. owner. or consignee of any vessel. who shall bring into or land in the United States. by vessel or oberwist. or who shall attempt. by himself or through another. to bring into or land in the United States. )y vessel or otherwise. or who shall conceal or harbor. or attempt to conceal or harbor. or assist or abet another to conceal or harbor in any place. Including any building. vessel. railway car. conveyance. or vehicle. any alien not duly admitted by an immigrant inspector or not lawfully entitled to enter or to reside within the United States under the terms of this act or of the act hereby amended shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. and shall. on conviction. be punished by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $3.000. or by imprisonment for a .term of not less than one year nor more than three years. or by both such fine and Imprisonment for each and every alien to whom this section is applicable. Every vessel. boat. railway car. or other vehicle or conveyance of whatever description. the master. owner. lessee. or billee of which shall use the same in violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed forfeited to the United States. and shall be liable to seizure and condemnation in any district of the United States into wyhich such vessel. boat. railway car. or other vehicle may enter or In which it may be found. " SEC. 50. That any person who shall substitute any name for the name written in any certificate herein required. or any photograph for the photograph attached to any such certificate. or shall in any manner alter any such certificate. or forge any such certificate. or falseiy persenate any person named in any such certificate. or issue or utter any forged or fraudulent certificate. or present to an immigrant inspector or other Government official any forged or fraudulent certificate. and any person other than the one to whom there has been duly issued any certificate prescribed by this act who shall present to an immigrant inspector or other Government official any such certificate. shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $1.000 and be imprisoned for a term of not less than one nor more than five years. "SEC. 51. That the provisions of this act shall be. enforced in the insular territory as well as the continental territory of the United States. Asiatic aliens not members of the excepted classes enumerated in section 47 hereof shall not be permitted to enter the continental territory from the insular territory of the United States nor to enter one group of islands from another group. and members of the said excepted classes shall be permitted to enter the continental territory from the insular possessions only upon compliance with the terms of section 47 hereof by obtaining from officers to be designated for that purpose by the governors of the respective insular possessions a certificate of the character prescribed in said section : Provided. That said laws shall not apply to the transit of Asiatic aliens from one island to another island of the same group. and any islands within the jurisdiction of any State or the Territory of Alaska shall lie considered a *part of the mainland of the United States. "SEc. 52. That this act shall take effect 90 days after its passage and approval. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act and the act hereby amended are hereby repealed on and after the taking effect of this act: Provided. That nothing contained in this act shall be construed to affect any prosecution. suit. action. or proceeding brought. or any act. thing. or matter. civil or criminal. done or existing at the time of the taking effect of this act. but as to all such prosecutions. suits. actions. proceedings. acts. things. or matters the laws or parts of laws repealed or amended by this act are hereby continued in force and effect. " SEC. 53. That the sum of $250.000 is hereby appropriated. out of any moneys not othewise appropriated in the Treasury of the iJnted States. for the enforcement of those provisions of this act relating to the exclusion of Asiatic laborers."