An article from The Independent about a piece of legislation before the 1920 Congress intending to temporarily shut-off all immigration for a short while:
“The measure is not intended as a basis for permanent immigration policy, but simply as an emergency” injunction” to halt immigration until Congress… can determine the policy it wishes to adopt”.
Read about the 1921 law that was intended to completely cut-off all immigration.
1920 Immigration Legislation1920 INDEPENDENT MAGAZINE1920s Assimilation of immigrants1920 Cultural Assimilation Policies1920 immigration newspaper article1920s Immigration Restrictions1920 Immigration LawsHistory of US Immigration in the Twenties1920 Yellow Peril article
![The Immigration[BR] Bill of 1920](https://oldmagazinearticles.com/pdf/IMMIGRATION-1920_0001.jpg)
1920 Immigration Legislation1920 INDEPENDENT MAGAZINE1920s Assimilation of immigrants1920 Cultural Assimilation Policies1920 immigration newspaper article1920s Immigration Restrictions1920 Immigration LawsHistory of US Immigration in the Twenties1920 Yellow Peril article
