AMERICAN QUOTAS
SHOCKING OUTLOOK FOR ... IMMIGRANTS
SHIPS RACING FOR ELLIS ISLAND. ••:
(UNITED TRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPiRIOHt. J • (AUSTRALIAN - NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.! NEW YORK, 31st October. _ Elhs Island is facing the worst situation in its history. Fifteen ships, carrying twenty thousand immigrants, are racing to land passengers for the quota, .which opens at midnight, while twelve others due on Thursday haVe been diverted to Boston, Provideiics and Portland, to avoid congestion. The Commissioner of Immigration, Mr Curran, declares that only two thousand immigrants can be examined daily 1, hence the congestion will probably continue for a fortnight. Mr. Curran estimated that the British quota would be exhausted within three days while most of the smaller countries' ' quotas have already been nearly exhausted, which means that none of their nationals can be admitted until next June
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 107, 2 November 1923, Page 7
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133AMERICAN QUOTAS Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 107, 2 November 1923, Page 7
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