Word: quota
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...rush was bad on July 1, with the opening of the first month's quota of the immigration year (TiME, July 9). Then 11,000 immigrants arrived on the first day at Ellis Island. The rush was considerably worse on August 1 when about 15,000 immigrants reached Ellis Island...
Under the present immigration law 357,803 immigrants are allowed to enter this country in any year, of which number 71,561 (20%) may come in any one month. In the same way, the maximum monthly quota of each country is 20% of its annual quota. This results in a great rush each year during the months from July to November, inclusive-and especially at the beginning of these months. During July, 57,495 immigrants came to this country, and about half the 41 nations listed filled their maximum monthly quotas. At this rate the annual quota for all nations...
...gross quota allowance of immigration for the new year is the same as for the last, 357,803, of which 20% or 71,000 is the maximum which may arrive in any one month. There was every prospect that the monthly immigration quotas of several nations, notably Italy and Greece, would be exhausted in a day or two, and several others within a week...
Final reports for the past fiscal year are not yet in, but preliminary reports indicate that about 330,000 immigrants arrived, and all nations apparently filled their quotas except Danzig, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Esthonia?and all of these except Esthonia filled over two-thirds of their quotas. The great difference between the possible 357,000 arrivals and the actual 330,000 arrivals was caused by the unfilled German quota. Germany sent only 43,000 immigrants, although her quota...
...United States Lines are putting an injustice upon the immigrants. The United States Lines have withdrawn from the registration bureau and accordingly the British lines have no means of knowing how many immigrants the United States Lines will carry in a given month?cannot judge how nearly the quota is full. Therefore an excess of immigrants may be brought to this country, will have sold their homes, and may have to return with consequent hardships...