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Document A: Excerpt from The Constitution of the Immigration Restriction League, 1894
Introduction
Attitudes toward the new immigration during the late 1800s and early 1900s were strong and varied. Some families and communities welcomed the new immigrants with open arms and helped immigrants get settled, while other groups such as the Immigration Restriction League—founded in 1894 by three Harvard graduates—formed to limit or curtail immigration.
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“The objects of this League shall be to advocate and work for the further judicious restriction or stricter regulation of immigration, to issue documents and circulars, solicit facts and information on that subject, hold public meetings, and to arouse public opinion to the necessity of a further exclusion of elements undesirable for citizenship or injurious to our national character. It is not an object of this League to advocate the exclusion of laborers or other immigrants of such character and standards as fit them to become citizens.”
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Introduction
Attitudes toward the new immigration during the late 1800s and early 1900s were strong and varied. Some families and communities welcomed the new immigrants with open arms and helped immigrants get settled, while other groups such as the Immigration Restriction League—founded in 1894 by three Harvard graduates—formed to limit or curtail immigration.
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“The objects of this League shall be to advocate and work for the further judicious restriction or stricter regulation of immigration, to issue documents and circulars, solicit facts and information on that subject, hold public meetings, and to arouse public opinion to the necessity of a further exclusion of elements undesirable for citizenship or injurious to our national character. It is not an object of this League to advocate the exclusion of laborers or other immigrants of such character and standards as fit them to become citizens.”
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The author wrote the excerpt from the Constitution of the Immigration Restriction League to outline the organization's objectives and justify its formation, specifically advocating for stricter immigration regulations to protect the nation's character.
Evidence from the document that supports this includes the phrase, "to advocate and work for the further judicious restriction or stricter regulation of immigration," which clearly states the League's purpose is to promote limits on immigration. Additionally, the reference to "the necessity of a further exclusion of elements undesirable for citizenship or injurious to our national character" indicates the authors' concern for maintaining a certain national identity and character as a justification for their advocacy.
Evidence from the document that supports this includes the phrase, "to advocate and work for the further judicious restriction or stricter regulation of immigration," which clearly states the League's purpose is to promote limits on immigration. Additionally, the reference to "the necessity of a further exclusion of elements undesirable for citizenship or injurious to our national character" indicates the authors' concern for maintaining a certain national identity and character as a justification for their advocacy.