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The Aliens Act 1905 (5 Edw. 7.c. 13) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. [2] The act introduced immigration controls and registration for the first time, and gave the Home Secretary overall responsibility for matters concerning immigration and nationality. [2]
Although the 1905 Act technically survived until its repeal in 1919, it was, in practice, submerged by the far more stringent powers of the Aliens Restriction Act of 1914. The 1914 Act contained a clause which gave the Home Secretary power to prevent the entry and order the deportation of aliens if it was deemed 'conducive to the public good ...
William Eden Evans Gordon was born in Chatham, Kent, the youngest son of Major-General Charles Spalding Evans Gordon (19 September 1813 – 18 January 1901) [2] and his first wife, Catherine Rose (23 July 1815 – 1858), [3] daughter of Rev. Dr. Alexander Rose, D.D., a Presbyterian minister of Inverness.
The Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act passed the House of Representatives along bipartisan lines on Wednesday. All present Republicans voted for the bill, as did 51 Democratic lawmakers ...
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Aliens Act" or "Alien Act" can refer to: The Aliens Act 1698 (11 Will. 3 c. 6) (England) The Alien Act 1705 (England) The Aliens Act 1905 (UK) The Aliens Act of 1937 (South Africa) The Aliens Act 1880 (NZ) The Alien and Sedition Acts (USA) The Aliens Act of 2005 (Sweden) (Utlänningslagen
The Aliens Act 1905, which restricted immigration, was largely seen as a success for the BBL and, as a result, the movement by and large disappeared. [ 8 ] It officially carried on until 1923, albeit on a tiny scale, and was associated with G. K. Chesterton and the distributist movement. [ 11 ]
The end of the Alien Office and its staff of registry clerks and messengers came with the Registration of Aliens Act 1836. This repealed the previous legislation and created a theoretical system of in-country registration that, although it would quickly fall into disuse, remained on the statute book until the Aliens Act 1905 .