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Volume 50

Public Law 75–181

To amend section 23 of the Immigration Act of February 5, 1917 (39 Stat. 874), as amended (U. S. C., title 8, sec. 102).

Approved May 14, 1937

Statutory text

AN ACT

To amend section 23 of the Immigration Act of February 5, 1917 (39 Stat. 874), as amended (U. S. C., title 8, sec. 102).

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That so much of section 23 of the Act of February 5, 1917, as reads as follows: “and shall have authority to enter into contract for the support and relief of such aliens as may fall into distress or need public aid, and to remove to their native land, at any time within three years after entry, at the expense of the appropriations for the enforcement of

Removal at Government expense of certain aliens who apply for deportation.

this Act”, is amended to read as follows: “and shall have authority to enter into contract for the support and relief of such aliens as may fall into distress or need public aid, and to remove to their native country, or the country from whence they came, or to the country of which they are citizens or subjects, at any time after entry, at the expense of the appropriations for the enforcement of this Act, such as fall into distress or need public aid from causes arising subsequent

Ineligibility for readmission.

to their entry and are desirous of being so removed, but any person thus removed shall forever be ineligible for readmission except upon the approval of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Labor;”.

Approved, May 14, 1937.

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