BAN OF ILLITERATE IMMIGRANTS URGED
'■'• Legislation*to"prohibit immigration into the "United.States of all who cannot read and writo English a.nd.who do not possess an intelligent understanding ;o£ tho fundamentals of human liberty, was urged in a. presentment, handed down by. the November Grand- Jury of -Kings County recently "(states 1 a""No\v "York; 'dispatch).-;; Tho presentment says, in part: "A study of the record of our proceedings shows that all of the homicides and . moiCof Ltht? ',. gray er,V;mOT'e;: desperate, and heinous crimes wero committed by foreigners, who palpably have no understanding of the. gensis or genius of American institutions.' They noT; only "have not been assimilated, but' seemingly are unlikely under present conditions ever to be assimilable.. The securing of evidence- and tho taking of testimony as'to most of the gravoj;'crime?' has become nort to impossible -in the ' la-nguagovof • our country. Every additional immigrant of this type but adds to tho difficulty o£ protecting the lives and property of the law-abiding sections of the community," -'
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Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 14, 17 January 1921, Page 8
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163BAN OF ILLITERATE IMMIGRANTS URGED Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 14, 17 January 1921, Page 8
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