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1. The number of aliens of any nationality who ma}7- be admitted
into the United States in any fiscal year shall be limited to 3 per cent
of the number of foreign-born persons of such nationality resident in
the United States as shown by the census of 1910; and not more than
20 per cent of the annual quota of any nationality may be admitted
in any month.
2. Nationality is determined by country of birth, provision being
made for population and quota adjustments in the case of new countries and countries the boundaries of which were changed subsequent
to 1910; such adjustments to be made by the Secretary of State,
the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Labor.
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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER GENERAL OF IMMIGRATION.
3. In effect the law is applicable only to immigration from Europe,
Persia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, the territory formerly comprising Asiatic Turkey, and certain islands of the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans. Immigration from countries of the New World and the
major part of Asia is, generally speaking, not within the scope of
the act.
4. The law does not apply to aliens of the following classes: Government officials, their families, attendants, servants, and employees;
aliens in transit ...
Annual Report of the Commissioner-General of Immigration
