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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]
11 August – Aliens Act 1905, the first modern legislation to control immigration into the U.K. [14] 12 August – First running of the Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb, the world's oldest motorsport event to have been staged continuously on its original course; 25 August – 'Ancient Order of Druids' initiate neo-druidic rituals at Stonehenge.
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 ...
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 Alien Enemies Act was supposed to expire with the Alien and Sedition Acts in 1801, but instead the Alien Enemies Act remained in effect and became part of the United States Code.
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.