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SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. C. 8. 1921. 5
CHAP. 8.-An Act To limit the immigration of aliens into the United States May , 1
(ai i. '4075]3
Be ?t enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United [Pubuec,NoT.1
States of America in Congress assembled, That as used in this Act- Immigration of
The term United States means the United States, and any Un ted States
waters, territory, or other place subject to the jurisdiction thereof ex- construed
cept the Canal Zone and the Philippine Islands; but if any alien leaves , CanatZoneand in-
the Canal Zone or any insular possession of the United States and at-
tempts to enter any other place under the jurisdiction of the United
States nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as permitting
him to enter under any other conditions than those applicable to all
aliens.
The word alien includes any person not a native-born or natural- Ahieindefined.
ized citizen of the United States, but this definition shall not be
held to include Indians of the United States not taxed nor citizens of
the islands under the jurisdiction of the United States.
The term Immigration Act means the Act of February 5, 1917, Inosgration Act
entitled An Act to regulate the immigration of aliens to, and the vo 3spp 874-898.
residence of aliens in, the United States; and the term immigra- Imiigrationavs
tion laws includes such Act and all laws, conventions, and treaties meanare v
of the United States relating to the immigration, exclusion, or ex-
pulsion of aliens. Yearly dmnssions
SEC. 2. (a) That the number of aliens of any nationality who may iitedtospentof
be admitted under the immigration laws to the United States in any residents of same na-
fiscal year shall be limited to 3 per centum of the number of foreign- tionalty
born persons of such nationality resident in the United States as de- Persons excepted
termined by the United States census of 1910. This provision shall from percentage Um-
not apply to the following, and they shall not be counted in reckoning s'
any of the percentage limits provided in this Act: (1) Government
officials, their families, attendants, servants, and employees; (2) aliens
in continuous transit through the United States; (3) aliens lawfully
admitted to the United States who later go in transit from one part
of the United States to another through foreign contiguous territory;
(4) aliens visiting the United States as tourists or temporarily for
business or pleasure; (5) aliens from countries immigration from
which is regulated in accordance with treaties or agreements relating
solely to immigration; (6) aliens from the so-called Asiatic barred voe o, p 876.
zone, as described in section 3 of the Immigration Act; (7) aliens who Residents of contig-
have resided confinuously for at least one year iunediately preceding Ps, p 54%
the time of their admission to the Uited States in the Dominion of
Canada, Newfoundland, the Republic of Cuba, the Republic of
Mexico, countries of Central or South America, or adjacent islands;
or (8) aliens under the age of eighteen who are children of citizens of resois chldren of
the United States.
(b) For the purposes of this Act nationality shall be determined de tr n lita to
by country of birth, treating as separate countries the colonies or
dependencies for which separate enumeration was made in the United
States census of 1910.
~ of Cstatement of various
(c) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, and the natonaities Oa rea-
Secretary of Labor, jointly, shall, as soon as feasible after the enact- dentsin1910,tobepre-
ment of this Act, prepare a statement showing the number of persons pared
of the various nationalities resident in the United States as deter-
mined by the United Statescensus of 1910, which statementshall be
the population basis for the purposes of this Act. In case of changes estimatefor ne o
in political boundaries in foreign countries occurring subsequent to transferred territo-
1910 and resulting (1) in the creation of new countries, the Govern-
ments of which are recognized by the United States, or (2) in the
transfer of territory from one country to another, such transfer being
recognized by the United States, such officials, jointly, shall estimate
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