FDR: “No passport visa or transit certificate shall be granted to an alien…”

On the recordApril 11, 1938

No passport visa or transit certificate shall be granted to an alien whose entry would be contrary to the public safety.

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Democratic · New York

Source

Executive Order 7865—Documents Required of Aliens Entering the United States

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FDR: “No passport visa or transit certificate shall be granted to an alien whose entry would be contrary to the public safety.”