Immigration Act of 1918

Immigration Act of 1918
Great Seal of the United States
Other short titlesDillingham-Hardwick Act
Long titleAn Act to exclude and expel from the United States aliens who are members of the anarchistic and similar classes.
NicknamesAlien Anarchists Exclusion Act of 1918
Enacted bythe 65th United States Congress
EffectiveOctober 16, 1918
Citations
Public lawPub. L. 65–221
Statutes at Large40 Stat. 1012
Legislative history
Suspected "radicals" arrested during the Palmer Raids awaiting deportation hearings
Ellis Island, January 1920

The United States Immigration Act of 1918 (ch. 186, 40 Stat. 1012) was enacted on October 16, 1918.[1] It is also known as the Dillingham-Hardwick Act.[2] It was intended to correct what President Woodrow Wilson's administration considered to be deficiencies in previous laws, in order to enable the government to deport undesirable aliens, specifically anarchists, communists, labor organizers, and similar activists.

  1. ^ The New York Times: Remsen Crawford, "New Immigrant Net: How Other Causes Have Anticipated Effect of the Dillingham Act," July 10, 1921, accessed July 13, 2010
  2. ^ Porche, Demetrius James (February 10, 2011). Health policy : application for nurses and other healthcare professionals. Jones & Bartlett Learning. p. 259. ISBN 978-0763783136.

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