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Lapina v. Williams, Commissioner of Immigration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2017

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Judicial Decisions Involving Questions of International Law
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 1914

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References

1 Sec. 2. That the following classes of aliens shall be excluded from admission into the United States . . . prostitutes, or women or girls coming into the United States for the purpose of prostitution or for any other immoral purpose; . . . 34 Stat. 898.

Sec. 3 . . . any alien woman or girl who shall be found an inmate of a house of prostitution or practicing prostitution, at any time within three years after she shall have entered the United States, shall be deemed to be unlawfully within the United States and shall be deported as provided by sections twenty and twenty-one of this Act. 34 Stat. 899.

Sec. 20. That any alien who shall enter the United States in violation of law . . . shall, upon the warrant of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, be taken into custody and deported to the country whence he came at any time within three years after the date of his entry into the United States. 34 Stat. 904.

Sec. 21. That in case the Secretary of Commerce and Labor shall be satisfied that an alien has been found in the United States in violation of this Act, or that an alien is subject to deportation under the provisions of this Act or of any law of the United States, he shall cause such alien within the period of three years after landing or entry therein to be taken into custody and returned to the country whence he came, as provided by section twenty of this Act, . . . 34 Stat. 905.

2 Immigration Acts: Rev. Stat. Title “Immigration,” §§ 2158–2164.

“An Act supplementary to the Acts in relation to immigration,” approved March 3, 1875, 18 Stat. 477, c. 141.

“An Act to regulate Immigration,” approved August 3, 1882, 22 Stat. 214, c. 376.

“An Act to prohibit the importation and migration of foreigners and aliens under contract or agreement to perform labor in the United States, its Territories, and the District of Columbia,” approved February 26, 1885, 23 Stat. 332, c. 164.

“An Act to amend an Act to prohibit the importation and immigration of foreigners and aliens under contract or agreement to perform labor in the United States, its Territories, and the District of Columbia,” approved February 23, 1887, 24 Stat. 414, c. 220.

“An Act making appropriations to supply deficiencies,” etc., approved October 19, 1888, containing clauses amending Acts of February 26, 1885, and of February 23, 1887.25 Stat. 565, 566, 567, c. 1210.

“An Act in amendment to the various Acts relative to immigration and the importation of aliens under contract or agreement to perform labor,” approved March 3, 1891.26 Stat. 1084, c. 551.

“An Act to facilitate the enforcement of the immigration and contract-labor laws of the United States,” approved March 3, 1893, 27 Stat. 569, c. 206.

“An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses,” etc., approved August 18, 1894, containing clauses amending immigration laws 28 Stat. 372, 390, 391, c. 301.

“An Act to regulate the immigration of aliens into the United States,” approved March 3, 1903, 32 Stat. 1213, c. 1012.

“An Act to regulate the immigration of aliens into the United States,” approved February 20, 1907, 34 Stat. 898, c. 1134.

“An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to regulate the immigration of aliens into the United States,’ approved February twentieth, nineteen hundred and seven,” approved March 26, 1910, 36 Stat. 263, c. 128.