Chapter 75. to limit the immigration of aliens into the United States,” approved May 19, 1921, may have been reached before such application for admission
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CHAP. 75.— Joint Resolution Permitting the admission of certain aliens who sailed from foreign ports on or before June 8, 1921, and for other purposes. August 22, 1921. [[H. J. Res. 153](/us/bill/67/hjres/153).] [[Pub. Res., No. 16](/us/bill/67/pubres/16).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That aliens of any nationalityAliens. Admission during June, 1921, beyond prescribed limit, if leaving abroad on or before June 8. who are brought to the United States on vessels which departed from foreign ports on or before June 8, 1921, destined for the United States, and who apply in the month of June, 1921, for admission to*Ante*, p. 7. the United States, may, if otherwise admissible, be admitted to the United States although the limit prescribed by section 5 of the Act entitled “An Act to limit the immigration of aliens into the United States,” approved May 19, 1921, may have been reached before such application for admission.
The number of aliens of any nationalityDeducted from number of nationality allowed for fiscal year 1922. so admitted shall be deducted, under such regulations as the Secretary of Labor may prescribe, from the number of aliens of that nationality admissible, during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1921, under the provisions of such Act of May 19, 1921, but nothing in thisAdmissions allowed during July, 1921. resolution shall prohibit the admission of otherwise admissible aliens of any nationality during the month of July, 1921, up to 20 per centum of the number of aliens of that nationality admissible during such fiscal year under the provisions of such Act of May 19, 1921, as*Ante*, pp. 5–7. heretofore promulgated.
Approved, August 22, 1921.