The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1924-07-12
THE NEW IMMIGRATION LAW.


grafton, under the Immigration
Act Of 1924, recently passed and
requiring that all foreigners en-.
tering the United States from
Mexico have passports, have
been received here.
The new law went into effect
July !, and is very important in
the relations between this coun.
try and Mexico.
For some time no passports
have been required in crossing
the United States line except for
permanent residence, but the
new law is considerably more
strict.
A number of exceptions to the
law are listed. as follows which
apply to all aliens seeking entry
into the United States: "a a
government official, his family,
attendants, servants, and EN-
ployes, ~ an alien visiting the
United States temporarily for
business or pleasure, 90 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 for.
eign contiguous territory, ~ a
bona fde alien seaman serving
as such on vessel arriving at a
port of the United States and
seeking to enter temporarily the
United States solely in the pur
suit of his calling as a seaman,
(6) an alien entitled to enter the
United States solely to carry on
trade under and in pursuance of
the provisions of present ex
listing treaty of commerce and
navigation. (7) an alien lawfully
resident in the United States
who is returning from temper.
airy visit abroad and who is pos
sessed of an unexpired return.
permit. as provided for in Sec,
ton 10 of the act, and (8) an
alien lawfully resident in the
United States who is returning
from a temporary visit to the
Dominion of Canada, Newfoud.
land, the Republic of Mexico,
or the Republic of Cuba, whether
such an alien is or is not pos.
sessed of the return permit re
ferred to in the foregoing para.
graph.
One provision of the law re
quires that a bond of $500 may
be required where the officials
think 1T advisable to make the
charge. Where it is made of the
alien who is to stay in the coun.
try less than six months, it will
be refunded within that time as
alien returns to his own country.
Unmarried children under 18
years of age and the wife of a
citizen of the United States shall
not be regarded as non quota
immigrants.
Any citizen of the United
States seeking to bring in hus
band, wife, child, father, or
mother as a non quota immi.
grant or to obtain for such rela-
tives preference under the quota,
shall be required to file with the
commission general of immigra.
tion a petition on a form to be
provided for that purpose. The
fact that the petition is approx.
ed shall not relieve the immi.
grant upon arrival at the desig
mated port of entry from estab.
fishing that the holder is right.
fully entitled to the status.
The alien about to depart from
the United States for a temper.
airy visit abroad should have his
status determined and should
apply to the commissioner gen.
eral for a permit to return to the
United States. A fee of SO. 90 is
charged for the issuance of a
paper of this kind. The law
further provides:
No alien Ineligible to citizen.
ship shall be admitted to the
United States unless he is CD an
immigrant previously lawfully
admitted to the United States,
who is returning from a temper.
airy visit abroad, ~ an immi.
grant who continuously for at
least two years Immediately pre-
ceding the time of his applica
ton for admission to the United
has been and who seeks to enter
the United States solely for the
purpose of, carrying on the vo-
cation of minister of any religi.
Gus denomination, or professor
of a college, academy, seminary,