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Herbert Hoover: “You will recollect that last autumn I gave the direction that all immigrants who might in our present unemployment…”

On the recordMay 14, 1931
You will recollect that last autumn I gave the direction that all immigrants who might in our present unemployment situation become public charges should be refused visas.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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