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Immigration Investigation : hearings before the United States Senate Committee on Immigration, and House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Fifty-Second Congress, first session, on Feb. 19, Mar. 5, 11, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24, 26, 29, Apr. 1, 7, 8, 23, 29, 30, May 2-4, 14, June 10, 11, 24, 29, July 18, 21, 1892.

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Book
Government document
Author/Creator:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Immigration.
Contributor:
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Immigration and Naturalization.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
United States. Department of the Treasury.
United States.
Emigration and immigration law--United States.
Emigration and immigration law.
Governmental investigations--United States.
Governmental investigations.
Ships--Safety measures.
Ships.
Typhoid fever.
United States--Emigration and immigration.
Emigration and immigration.
Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.).
Physical Description:
798 pages : foldouts
Place of Publication:
Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1892.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Summary:
Investigates the administration of immigration laws, the importation of contract laborers and the expenditures connected therewith, and the recent admission of immigrants infected with typhus into the port of New York. Hearings were also held on the general subject of immigration (p. 663-793). Mar. 5 hearing was held at Ellis Island, N.Y. Apr. 29, 30, May 2, 3 hearings were held in New York City.
Considers (52) H.R. 552, (52) H.R. 401, (52) H.R. 12, (52) H.R. 32, (52) H.R. 100, (52) H.R. 575, (52) H.R. 7206, (52) H.R. 8904, (52) S. 134, (52) S. 357, (52) S. 1127, (52) S. 1467, (52) S. 2543, (52) S. 2753.
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Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest Congressional Hearings Digital Collection. Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
Electronic reproduction. [Bethesda, Md.] : ProQuest, 2004. digital, PDF file. ProQuest U.S. Congressional Hearings Digital Collection. Mode of access: World Wide Web via ProQuest website.
Other Format:
Print version: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Immigration. Immigration Investigation
Microfiche version: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Immigration. Immigration Investigation. CIS Hrgs MF Gp 2--HIm 52-A
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