3000 ALIENS FACE DEPORTATION, 10,000 MORE AWAIT EXAMINATION AT ELLIS
New York City (JFK+50) On November 4, 1923, The Sunday Star reports "more than 3000 would-be immigrants," including 1367 who arrived aboard the Leviathan yesterday, "face deportation."
The announcement was made by Commissioner of Immigration Henry H. Curran* who said quotas of eleven countries had been exhausted.
More than 10,000 immigrants are awaiting examination at Ellis Island** aboard ships in New York harbor.
Commissioner Curran said...
"I believe this condition to be unprecedented."
*Henry Hastings Curran (1877-1966) was born in New York City & graduated Yale University 1898 & New York School of Law 1900. HHC was a reporter & editor for the NY Tribune before serving as Commissioner of Immigration.
**Ellis Island, located within the states of New Jersey & New York, was the busiest immigration inspection & processing station the U.S.
SOURCES
"Henry Hastings Curran," Find a Grave, www.findagrave.com/
"3000 Aliens Face Deportation As 77 Quotas Are Filled," The Sunday Star, November 4, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
