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American immigration and citizenship, a documentary history, [compiled by and introductions by] John R. Vile

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-265) and index

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American immigration and citizenship

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[compiled by and introductions by] John R. Vile

a documentary history

This book provides context for contemporary debates on immigration through key historical documents presented alongside introductions that interpret their importance for the reader

Section I. Foundations. National ligeance ... to the sovereign cannot be altered / Calvin's case, 1608 ; They shall be entertained and succored amongst us / Massachusetts body of liberties, 1641 ; Naturalization is the safest & easiest way of increasing y[ou]r people / John Locke, For a general naturalization, 1693 ; I am partial to the complexion of my country / Benjamin Franklin, Observations concerning the increase of mankind, peopling of countries &c., 1755 ; A citizen may therefore quit the state of which he is a member / Emer de Vattel, The law of nations, 1758 ; Free and natural-born subjects / Declaration and resolves of the First Continental Congress, October 14, 1774 ; A right ... of going in quest of new habitations / Thomas Jefferson, A summary view of the rights of British America, 1774 ; Obstructing the law for naturalization of foreigners / Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 ; Paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice excepted / Second Continental Congress, The Articles of Confederation, 1781 ; Individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men / J. Hector St. John Crevecoeur, letter 3 of Letters from an American farmer, 1782 ; The oppressed and persecuted of all nations / George Washington's address to Volunteer Association, December 2, 1783 ; A tinture of illiberality to the constitution / Debates at Constitutional Convention over qualifications for U.S. Senate, August 9, 1787 ; A uniform rule of naturalization / U.S. Constitution, 1789 ; A people descended from the same ancestors / John Jay, Federalist no. 2, 1787 ; The natural, unalienable, and sacred rights of man / French National Assembly, Declaration of the rights of man, 1789Section II. The early years. Any alien being a free white person / An act to establish a uniform rule of naturalization, March 26, 1790 ; To open every possible avenue to emigration from abroad / Alexander Hamilton, Report on manufacturers, December 5, 1791 ; Denounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince / An act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization; and to repeal the act heretofore passed on that subject, January 29, 1795 ; All such aliens as he shall judge dangerous / Alien acts, June 25-July 16, 1798 ; Rights, advantages and immunities of citizens / Louisiana Purchase, 1803 ; No person who shall hereafter be naturalized / Hartford Convention Resolution, January 1815 ; The power of naturalization is exclusively in Congress / Chirac v. Lessee of Chirac, 1817 ; ; A list or manifest of all the passengers / Steerage Act, March 2, 1819 ; The colonization of Africa / American Colonization Soceity [i.e. Society], A memorial to the United States Congress, 1820 ; These men bring ... our greatest vices / Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1835 ; Not a regulation of commerce, but of police / New York v. Miln, 1837 ; Mexicans ... shall ... be admitted ... to ... the rights of citizens of the United States / Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848 ; A radical revision and modification of the laws regulating immigration / Know-Nothing Party platform, 1855 ; All men are created equal ... except Negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics / Abraham Lincoln on the Know Nothing Party, letter to Joshua F. Speed, August 24, 1855 ; Any woman...married to a citizen / Citizenship of Married Women Act, Ch. 71, 10 stat. L. 604, section 1, 1855 ; "People of the United States" and "citizens" are synonymous terms / Dred Scott v. Sandford, 1857 ; Who shall have filed his declaration of intention / The Homestead Act, 1862 ; A commission of immigration / An act to encourage immigration, July 4, 1864 ; Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude / Thirteenth Amendment to US Constitution, December 6, 1865 ; With the exception of uncivilized native tribes / Treaty with Russia, 1867 ; All persons born or naturalized in the United States / Fourteenth Amendment to US Constitution, July 9, 1868 ; The thin edge of the wedge / Henry George, "The Chinese in California," May 1, 1869 ; The right of citizens of the United States to vote / Fifteenth Amendment to US Constitution, February 3, 1870 ; The rights ... are not privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States / Slaughterhouse cases, 1873 ; No doubt that women may be citizens / Minor v. Happersett, March 9, 1875Section III. Late nineteenth century to World War II. For lewd and immoral purposes / Immigration Act (Page Act), 1875 ; The coming of Chinese laborers ... is hereby suspended / Chinese Exclusion Act, May 6, 1882 ; A question to be decided by the nation whose wards they are / Elk v. Wilkins, 1884 ; The golden door / Emma Lazarus, "The new colossus," 1883 ; Unlawful ... to prepay the transportation ... of any alien ... under contract / The Foran Act, 1885 ; The fact of this discrimination is admitted / Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 1886 ; The differences of race added ... to the difficulties / The Chinese Exclusion cases, 1889 ; The fundamental principle of citizenship by birth / United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 1898 ; The following classes of aliens shall be excluded / Immigration Act, March 3, 1903 ; Discouraging immigration of its subjects / US/Japanese gentlemen's agreement, 1908 ; Radical departure from the traditional and long-established policy of this country / Woodrow Wilson, Veto message, January 28, 1915 ; Aliens ... who cannot read / Immigration Act, 1917 ; One flag, the American flag / Theodore Roosevelt, Letter to an "All American concert" sponsored by the American Defense Society, January, 1919 ; Shall not be denied ... on account of sex / Nineteenth Amendment to US Constitution, August 18, 1920 ; Inhabitants of the right kind, distributed in the right place / Calvin Coolidge, "Whose country is this?", February, 1912 [1921] ; Only a person of ... the Caucasian race / Ozawa v. United States, November 13, 1922 ; It does not include the body of people to whom the appellee belongs / United States v. Thind, 1923 ; 2 per centum of the number of foreign-born individuals of such nationality resident / Immigration Act (Rogers Act), 1924 ; Japanese, Chinese, and Malays are not [eligible for citizenship] / Terrace v. Thompson, 1923 ; Declared to be citizens of the United States / Indian Citizenship Act, 1924 ; By reason of her marriage ... to an alien / Repatriation of women who lost citizenship by Marriage Act, 1936 ; To prohibit certain subversive activities / Alien Registration Act, 1940 ; Hardships are part of war / Korematsu v. United States, 1944Section IV. End of World War II to the present. Alien spouses or alien children / War Brides Act, 1945 ; Eligible displaced persons / Displaced Persons Act, 1948 ; Well-founded fear of being persecuted / United Nations, Convention related to the status of refugees, December 14, 1950 ; The annual quota of any quota area / Immigration and Nationality Act, June 27, 1951 ; Congress ... pursuant to its power / Perez v. Brownell, 1958 ; The petitioner has not lost his citizenship / Trop v. Dulles, 1958 ; Abolished the national quota system / Immigration and Nationality Act amendments (Hart-Celler Act), October 3, 1965 ; Congress ... [can] impose qualifications and conditions [for those born abroad] / Rogers v. Bellei, 1971 ; The right to govern is reserved to citizens / Foley v. Connelie, 1978 ; Refugees of special humanitarian concern / Refugee Act, March 17, 1980 ; To withhold from children ... through no fault of their own, access to a basic education / Plyler v. Doe, 1982 ; Verification / Summary of Immigration Reform and Control Act, 1986 ; Economic hardships caused by the presence of illegal aliens / Proposition 187, 1994 ; Principles of equality do not require Congress to ignore this reality / Nguyen v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 2001 ; Had acquired a degree ... has served in the uniformed service / Proposed Dream Act, 2011 ; The federal statutory structure / Arizona v. United States, 2012 ; Our immigration system is broken- and everybody knows it / Barack Obama, remarks by President in address to nation on immigration, November 20, 2014 ; I would build a great wall / Donald Trump, remarks from "Our country needs a truly great leader," June 16, 2015 ; A thorough background investigation / Certification of alien backgrounds, November 19, 2015 ; I will support and defend the Constitution and laws / U.S. naturalization oath, 2016 ; Certain adverse immigration consequences / Torres v. Lynch, 2016