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Topic: Confused!! Re USA emigrants (Read 330 times)
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yankiescot
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While I am by no means an expert, I very rarely, have found immigration information in the US without a long search. That said, I did a search of the Kings County, NY, (Brooklyn) Declaration of Intention to immigrate (called naturalization) list and found three declarations by three different James Adam's:
Name Date
Adams, James Randolph 1912
Adams, James Thomas 1923
Adams, James Walter 1921
Go to this link for all details:
http://www.jgsny.org/kingsintro2.htm
My first reaction was why would he "sneak" in the "gates" were wide open, so I did a quick history search and found:
Naturalization Act of 1790 Stipulated that "any alien, being a free white person, may be admitted to become a citizen of the United States"
1875 Supreme Court declared that regulation of US immigration is the responsibility of the Federal Government.
1882 The Chinese Exclusion Act prohibited certain laborers from immigrating to the United States.
1885 and 1887 Alien Contract Labor laws which prohibited certain laborers from immigrating to the United States.
1891 The Federal Government assumed the task of inspecting, admitting, rejecting, and processing all immigrants seeking admission to the U.S.
1892 On January 2, a new Federal US immigration station opened on Ellis Island in New York Harbor.
1903 This Act restated the 1891 provisions concerning land borders and called for rules covering entry as well as inspection of aliens crossing the Mexican border.
1907 The US immigration Act of 1907 reorganized the states bordering Mexico (Arizona, New Mexico and a large part of Texas) into Mexican Border District to stem the flow of immigrants into the U.S.
1917 - 1924 A series of laws were enacted to further limit the number of new immigrants. These laws established the quota system and imposed passport requirements. They expanded the categories of excludable aliens and banned all Asians except Japanese.
1924 Act Reduced the number of US immigration visas and allocated them on the basis of national origin.
I would also check out the following:
http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/history/index.htm
If James and family were deported there should be a file. I also find it odd that he was drafted by US in WWII unless he had signed a declaration of naturalization. Did he serve in WWII for the US? If he did you should be able to get information about his citizenship status
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yankiescot
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I think I was the one that confused John with James.
I think the practical answer to your question is that it was easy to get in the US (even if deported previously). During that era (no computers or lists, etc.) British passengers needed only an address of where in the US they would stay to get an entry visa.
Altough, I am not completely sure, deportation during that time was rare except if you committed a crime while in US illegally. I also believe (but not certain) at that time if a family member was a citizen you could easily get a permenant visa ("green card").
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