Volume 44 · 812
Public Law 69–738
To amend the Immigration Act of 1924.
Approved July 3, 1926
Statutory text
An Act
To amend the Immigration Act of 1924.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That subdivision (d) of section 4 of the Immigration Act of 1924 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “ an immigrant arriving in the United States before July 1, 1927, who is the wife, or the unmarried child under 18 years of age, of an alien resident of the United States who entered the United States prior to July 1, 1924, and who continuously for at least two years immediately preceding the time of his admission to the United States for permanent residence was, and who entered the United States solely for the purpose of carrying on the vocation of minister of any religious denomination or professor of a college, academy, seminary, or university, if such immigrant is following to join such alien; or ”
Sec. 2.
Despite the provisions of the Immigration Act of 1924, the Secretary of Labor is authorized to admit to the United States for permanent residence any otherwise admissible alien who (1) is the wife or the unmarried child under 18 years of age of an alien resident of the United States who entered the United States prior to July 1, 1924, and who continuously for at least two years immediately preceding the time of his admission to the United States for permanent residence was, and who entered the United States solely for the purpose of, carrying on the vocation of minister of any religious denomination or professor of a college, academy, seminary, or university, and (2) who arrived at a United States port of entry between May 26, 1924, and July 1, 1924, and were thereafter temporarily admitted.
Approved, July 3, 1926.