MIGRATION RESTRICTIONS.
• EFFECT OF U.S.A. LAW. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COP YKIGHT WASHINGTON, Feb. IS. The new immigration restriction' lawha s definitely settled America’s immigration problem. Senator Reed told the Senate in reviewing the operation of the law. He frowned upon suggestions for modification, and declared that the law had accomplished the three purposes intended by bringing about a more uniform distribution of immigration throughout the year, the opportionment of quotas more in accordance with the make-up of the nation and a. drastic reduction in the number of arrivals. “What was a distinct menace in the influx of a million Europeans annually into the country had dwindled to..a problem of about twenty thousand Mexicans entering,” declared Senator Reed.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 19 February 1925, Page 5
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116MIGRATION RESTRICTIONS. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 19 February 1925, Page 5
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