"COOLIDGE WILL NOT FAVOR INCREASE IN QUOTAS"

PRESIDENT EXPECTED TO EXTEND RESTRICTIVE IMMIGRATION LAW

Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On November 10, 1923, The Evening Star reports "congress will be expected by President (Calvin) Coolidge to extend the restrictive immigration law."

The law, set to expire on June 30th, sets immigration quotas at 3% and the President "would look with disfavor on any increase."

JFK+50 NOTE

The Immigration Act of 1921 imposed the first overall numerical quota on immigration to the United States.  It reduced numbers of immigrants from 350,000 to 165,000 by 1924.

SOURCES

"Alien Law Extension Favored By President," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., November 10, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

"The Nation's Immigration Laws, 1920-Today," Pew Research Center, September 28, 2015, www.pewresearch.org/

 

 

President Calvin Coolidge