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Bashford, Alison, Gilchrist, Catie. “The Colonial History of the 1905 Aliens Act”, Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 40:3 (2012), 409-437. Bernard Gainer, The Alien Invasion: The Origins of the Aliens Act of 1905 (London, Heinemann Educational books Ltd, 1972) Feldman, David. "Was the Nineteenth Century a Golden Age for Immigrants?"
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 book was used in the evidence that he presented to the Aliens Commission in its inquiries and eventually resulted in the Aliens Act 1905, which placed restrictions on Eastern European immigration, [26] but discussion of the Bill in Parliament provoked considerable opposition.
One of the first modern statutes was aimed at restricting Jewish immigration, following religious persecution in Russia. The Aliens Act 1905 required registration and placed general controls under the authority of the Home Secretary. Calvin's Case (1608) 77 ER 377; W. Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765) Book 1, ch X, 374
However, in 1905 he supported the Aliens Act 1905, one of whose main objectives was to control and restrict Jewish immigration from Eastern Europe. [28] [29] The budget was certain to show a surplus and taxation could be remitted.
Aliens Act 1905 (repealed) 5 Edw. 7. c. 13. 11 August 1905. An Act to amend the Law with regard to Aliens. (Repealed by Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act 1919 (9 ...
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 This repealed the previous legislation and created a theoretical system of in-country registration that, although it would quickly fall into disuse, remained on the statute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.
Proposals of the Earl of Dunraven for restricting immigration were written up by Wilkins in The Alien Invasion (1892), with introduction by Robert Billing, in the "Social Questions of Today" series by Methuen & Co. [8] The recommendations in the book bore some relation to later measures in the Aliens Act 1905. [1]