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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Immigration
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The Founding of the Bureau of Immigration
1924 Legislation
1952 Legislation
1965 Legislation
Post-1965 Resolutions
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Letter from Dudley Wooten and John Burke, October 29, 1920 and Reply, November 5, 1920
Biography: Dudley G. Wooten
"Resume of Conference Called by Father Burke to Consider the Immigration Problem," November 10, 1920
Biography: John Burke
Letter from John Burke to Secretary of Labor William Wilson, November 11, 1920; and Reply from Assistant Secretary Louis Post, November 17, 1920
Biography: William B. Wilson
Biography: Louis Post
John Burke, "Immediate Steps to be Taken," NCWC Memo, December 18, 1920
Letter from John Burke to W. W. Husband, March 29, 1921
Biography: William Walter Husband
Letter from C. M. Depuy to John Burke, May 16, 1921
Letter from Bishop Edward J. O'Dea to John Burke, July 27, 1921; and Reply, August 6, 1921
Biography: Edward O'Dea
"Immigrant Welfare Department," Catholic Charitable Bureau of Boston, May 16, 1921
"Forms for Immigrant Entry," Catholic Charitable Bureau of Boston, 1921
"Indignation at the Vatican," The New York Times, February 17, 1914
"Denounce Literacy Test," The New York Times, January 25, 1915
"An Act to Limit the Immigration of Aliens into the United States," H.R. 4075, Approved May 19, 1921
NCWC Protest to Congress Against the 1924 Immigration Bill, January, 1924
Letter from Bruce Mohler to House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, January 7, 1924
Biography: Bruce Mohler
"An Act to Limit the Immigration of Aliens into the United States," May 26, 1924
William F. Montavon, "Shall the National Origins Law be Enforced?" N.C.W.C. Bulletin, May 1929
Biography: William F. Montavon (1874-1959)
Memorandum from Bruce Mohler to Msgr. Michael Ready, "Legislation: Chinese Exclusion Act," June 29, 1943
Biography: Michael Ready
"An Act to Revise the Laws Relating to Immigration, Naturalization, and Nationality," H.R. 5678, June 27, 1952
Letter from Francis Keough and Bruce Mohler to the House Sub-Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, April 4, 1951
Biography: Francis Keough
Letter from Archbishop Joseph E. Ritter to Msgr. Howard J. Carroll, June 11, 1952; Reply by Msgr. Paul Tanner, June 23, 1952
Biography: Joseph E. Ritter
Biography: Howard Carroll
Msgr. John O'Grady, "The McCarran Immigration Bill: the Perpetuation of the Doctrine of Nordic Superiority is the Basic Question," Commonweal, June 20, 1952
Biography: John O'Grady
Thomas Mulholland to Bruce Mohler, June 19, 1952; and Bruce Mohler to Thomas Mulholland, June 20, 1952
Biography: Thomas Mulholland
Emmanuel Celler and Philip Hart, "A Bill to Amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other Purposes," 1965
Letter from John McCarthy to Paul Tanner, June 1, 1965
Edward Swanstrom, Memo to the staff of New York Catholic Relief Services, August 1, 1965
Biography: Edward Swanstrom
Letter from John McCarthy to Msgr. Paul Tanner, October 1, 1965
Biography: Paul Tanner
Letter from Paul Tanner to Unknown, February 4, 1966
George C. Higgins, "The Eastland Bill," The Yardstick, April 5, 1976
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, "Resolution on Immigration Reform," November 14, 1985
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Committee on Migration, "Statement of Most. Rev. Gerald R. Barnes," January 25, 2007
Biography: Gerald Barnes
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