The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-28

EpOFI pOlIlIS out CnaL the lower courts
have decided that an alien residing
in Canada and coming to the U. S..
to work near the border and return
ing each night to his home in Can
ada, were not immigrants and did
not need an immigration visa. The
committee protests against this in
depreciation and insists that the laws
relating to such workers be inter-
preted to mean that these workers
are immigrants requiring immigra-
ton visas.
The committees report states: "If
the supreme court affirms the de-
cision, large number of aliens will
be admitted before legislation can
be enacted at the next session" The
report further states shat if such
aliens can come to Canada and then
be admitted to the U. S, it is appre-
hended that serious situation pre-
sents itself to congress" The Box
bill, the house committee points out,
clarifies" the meaning of the i'm
migration act to exclude from ad-
mission above the quota "aliens
coming to engage in or resume en-
ployment in the U. S. by an en-
ployer in the U. S. by an agreement
already made"
The only exception made to this
restriction is that of a skilled la
borer, which the secretary of labor
decides cannot be secured in this
country, actors, artists, etc., and
aliens imported in connection with
an exposition. The law also excludes
all aliens coming to resume or en-
gage in employment in any business
or industry of the United States,
unless they are one of the three
exceptions noted above. All Of these
foreign-born must come in under the
regular quota law.
Other bills relating to immigra-
ton, are House Bill No. 1898, which
provides for the registration of ar
rivals and the espionage of aliens
resident in the United States, and
House Bill No. 1926, relating also
to the admission of aliens above the
quota. House Bill No. 1926 would
give the government the power to
decide what aliens shall be admitted
| in the regular quotas and grants
preference within the quota to highly
skilled aliens needed in the develop
ment of American business"
Every branch of the government
is giving attention to the matter of
restricting immigration, making de-
portation easier and in all ways at
lacking the foreign-born workers.
immigration Commissioner Hull de-
clares that over 10000 aliens were
deported from this country in the
last year, $4,000 being apprchended
by the board of patrol and 1926
being arrested in the interior on
warrants and deported. Hull de-
clares that it is not true that after
five years residence in the United
States, an alien may not be deported
for illegal entry. He says: st is
not possible for any alien entering
surreptitiously on and after July
LIST, 1924 and without visa, to re-
main here without sooner or later
being detected and deported."
Legion Attacks.
The American Legion has issued
an official statement on the pro-
posed anti-foreign legislation, in
which it declares: "The Legion be-
lieves firmly in restrictive immigra-
tion. We believe that this is our
country, and that we are entitled to
be the judge of whether we shall
allow people to come from foreign
countries to make their home with
US or to say to them we now have
sufficient persons of other races
within our shores During the world
war, 100000 persons resident in
(! America Of foreign birth, claimed