Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-03-01
SCORES OF UNDESIRABLE
IMMIGRANTS ARE
ADMITTED
Report of Special Comhiis-
sion Says Laws Are Not
Yet Working as They
Should
INVESTIGATION HAS
BEEN FAR REACHING
Many Subjects Covered by the
Commission In Its Work Arc
Explained to Congress
In the Re-

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showing the far-reaching character of
the work of the joint commission on
immigration which was appointed by
Congress on February 90, 1907, were
presented to Congress today through
the publication of a preliminary re-
port by the commission. This report
deals with practically every phase in
the immigration question. including
| Oriental aliens and other excluded
classes, peonage, charity among inn
migrants white slave traffic, eondi-
tions of steerage anthropology, con-
gestion in large cities alien criminals,
competition of immigrants. school in
quiries administration of the immi-
quiries. administration of the immi-
! grants and other questions
| No conclusions have been reached
| by the commission, but the scope of
the work is shown in manner which
presages extensive legislation in the
| future. The entire investigation proc
ably Will be finished during the next
| fiscal year The report was printed
and circulated today to SHOW the me-
cessity for an appropriation of $780,
O0O to carry on and support the work.
Thus far the expenses of the commit
tee from April 1, 1907, to February
/, 1909, have been $344796.
There are at present 1873 puDliea-
tions employed under the commission.
The commission says 1t is generally
Iadmitted by those acquainted with the
SUBJECT tlsut notwithSta pding the fact
that the present law here proposes TO
provide for the exclusion of every un-
desirable immigrant thousands of un-
desirable persons are admitted each
year. 1t has been found that the law
in theory so far as its exclusion pro-
visions is concerned is strong, but in
effect it is in some respects weak and
Intellectual
one of the most important fea-
lures of the work is connected with
erasions of the law resulting from the
importation of excluded classes. Not
withstandng the expenditure Of
about 100000 annually to enforce
this law the commission finds that it
does not prevent the coming Of Chi
nese laborers in considerable num-
bers.
An extensive investigation is being
made as to the importation and har-
, boring of women for immoral pur-
! poses The results show that many
= women are being constantly imported
ulutI CbuultlOIiH WHICH amount "
absolute slavery. AS the results of its
/, inquiries and the evidence gathered,
= there has been noteworthy attack
y upon these businesses, which has re-
suited In a very marked decrease
= since the commission began its work.
1t has been found that in numerous
instances persons afflicted with con-
tagi0us diseases and even criminals
u OF dangerous type have been able
TO evade the immigration laws and
come to this country under the pre-
tense of being seamen.
The utmost importance is attached
to the inquiry into alien criminality,
The higher criminal courts of New
j. York city are at the request of the
. commission, keeping records in great
detail of each person convicted OF
crime and il Is intended that a study
of foreign-born criminals, and crimi-
malls of the second generation viii be
= made in that city.
! The most extensive and important
| work undertaken by the commission
is the general field investigation into
the economic and social status Of i'm
y migrants to various sections OF the
country. The most important topics
being covered is the race of employees
g.. in each occupation. years each race
has been employed, hours of ~
=. and discrimination for or against inn
. migrants i'm employment, wages and
housing.
In taking up the congestion of inn
migrants in large cities the commits
sion is observing communities nhab-
itod principally by members of one
race, as TO whether the clingIng to-
=, Eether of members of the same race
y, handicaps them in their struggle f5I
advancement and prevents their rapid
assimilation and Americauizatiou.
=. A careful inquiry among wage earn
CPS who are forced TO compete with
~, immg grant labor is being made among
. workers in the traders and occupa.
tions iu which immigrants are largely
engaged.
~ A special field Investigation is being
conducted i'm selected localities in tn,
south ana it viii cover the sentmcn
'' of legislative bodies as indicated %,
'- legislation enacted affecting immigra