Word: rull
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Captain Walter Rull, 30, and his passengers (twelve men, five women), immigration authorities made the now-standard announcement: since none of the voyagers had an immigration visa, they could not enter the U.S. They were shepherded to a warehouse on Miami's Municipal Pier 2. Cots and food were donated by well-wishers. There the voyagers made themselves at home with the 29 other Estonians and one Finn who had landed from the Inanda and the Brill. For the time being, they seemed patient...
...Estonia's annual quota of 116 immigrants was already filled and there was a long waiting list. Captain Rull and his pilgrims must wait in their warehouse while lawyers appealed to Washington on the grounds of "humanity and public opinion." The law was tightly drawn, designed to be narrowly construed. It would be hard to find a loophole...