IMMIGRATION LAWS

Northern Advocate, 23 February 1926, Page 5

IMMIGRATION LAWS

AMENDING MEASURE. RESPITE FOR COUNTESS. NEW YORK, February 31. Countess Cathcart has won a temporary respite from the edict excluding her from, the United States. Judge Goddard has’issued a writ of habeas corpus calling for her appearance before the Court on Tuesday. A message from Washington says that in introducing a bill in the House of Representatives to amend the imraigration laws, Mr Burger, a Socialist member from Wiseonsin/Yommented on the exclusion of Countess Cathcart, Coun-

| tess KaroJyi, and the Communist memj ber of the British' House of Commons, Mr S. Saklatavala, as disclosing the danger of conferring discretionary ppwer upon officials who might exercise it in the way the officials, of the Labour Department had done. Under the bill all aliens would be admitted to the United - States oxco pt those found guilty and convicted of felony.—Reuter. . ; . ’ TEN DAYS’ FREEDOM. ON 500-DOLLAR BOND. (Received. 9 a-m.) NEW YORK, February 21, ’ Acting ' under instructions from Washington, the Immigration Commiasonors on Sunday evening released the Countess Catheart on her personal bond of 500 dollars for a 10-day visit. The Countess has arrived an New York from Ellis Island.—Reuter.