Word: visas
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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From the U. S. were deported 11,662 aliens during the fiscal year 1927. Principal reasons: entering without proper visa, entering sur reptitiously, being criminal or immoral, being mentally or physically defective...
...Immigration Act of 1924 makes it the duty of steamship companies to ascertain that all alien passengers coming to the United States are in possession of proper travel documents and the failure of an alien passenger to present upon arrival the appropriate visa, or re-entry permit, places the steamship company under a penalty of $1000. You can understand that if the Government is lax in requiring the steamship companies to comply with the provisions of the laws relat ing to the documentation of passengers that it would seriously interfere with the administration of the immigration laws. Miss Komarmicka apparently...
...Carr remained the faithful, almost everlasting servant of the Department of State. In 1924 he saw the seed of 1895 reach its full bloom in the Rogers Act. The diplomatic and consular services became one; at last, the U. S. consulate became something more distinguished than a passport and visa office. Thus, able men such as Mr. Kisner, trained in the consular service, can readily step up into ministerships and ambassadorships. Probably the great ambassadorships to the Court of St. James's, to France, to Germany, to Japan will always remain political plums, but at least Mr. Carr...
Vigilant U. S. patriots felt the deepest marrow of their bones chill with affrighted horror last week at despatches reporting that the notorious German Captain Karl Boy-Ed was seeking a visa to enter...
Late Berlin despatches last week reported that the local U. S. Embassy had refused a visa to Boy-Ed, stated that he was not expected to appeal directly to the State Department...