Wagner–Rogers Bill

The was proposed United States legislation, which would have had the effect of admitting 20,000 Jewish children under the age of 14 to the United States from Nazi Germany.Essay, via westport.k12.ct.us
The bill sponsored by Sen. Robert F. Wagner (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Edith Rogers (R-Mass.) Kristallnacht and the World's Response, a reprint from The Jewish Week
It was rejected by the United States Congress in February 1939 when public opinion polls indicated a negative attitude toward increased immigration. 
American Jewish organizations did not challenge the decision for fear of stirring domestic antisemitism.
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