AT AMERICA'S FRONT DOOR.
IMMIGRANT COMPLAINTS. THE EIXIS ISLAND STATION. MEW PLAN PROPOSED. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 11.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON, June 22. The Government has taken under advisement a plan requiring transAtlantic steamship -companies to maintain at their own expense proper immigration stations. The United States Immigration Commissioner has requested the Solicitor-General to rule regarding the legality of the plan. The move comes as the result of criticism in the British Parliament over the treatment of immigrants at the Ellis Island immigration station. The Commissioner (Mr. Husband) made a statement admitting that Ellis Island was unsuitable for the detention of persons other than of the immigrant type. It was not intended for cabin passengers, but since the quota law it had been necessary to detain all classes, hence the innumerable complaints.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 148, 23 June 1923, Page 7
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134AT AMERICA'S FRONT DOOR. Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 148, 23 June 1923, Page 7
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