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Immigration Act of 1918; Other short titles: Dillingham-Hardwick Act: Long title: An Act to exclude and expel from the United States aliens who are members of the anarchistic and similar classes. Nicknames: Alien Anarchists Exclusion Act of 1918: Enacted by: the 65th United States Congress: Effective: October 16, 1918: Citations; Public law ...
The Alien and Sedition Acts were a set of four laws enacted in 1798 that applied restrictions to immigration and speech in the United States. [a] The Naturalization Act of 1798 increased the requirements to seek citizenship, the Alien Friends Act of 1798 allowed the president to imprison and deport non-citizens, the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 gave the president additional powers to detain non ...
The law empowered the President to expel aliens "judge[d] dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States" or suspected of "treasonable or secret machinations." [7] Though this power was never exercised before the Act's expiration, the Act established the foundations for later exclusions of aliens on an ideological basis. [8]
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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
Ignatius Pollaky by Faustin Betbeder (1874). Pollaky was born in Pressburg, Hungary (Pozsony, now Bratislava, Slovakia).He was exiled and came to live in Britain in 1850. In 1856 he married Julia Devonald.
The Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. c. 92) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom originally aimed at continuing and extending the provisions of the Aliens Restriction Act 1914 , and the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914 ( 4 & 5 Geo. 5 .