"A thing of shreds and patches" was Secretary of Labor James John Davis's description of the fabric of the U. S. immigration law. In his annual Department report he recommended that Congress:
1) "Codify and consolidate scattered legislation."
2) "Provide detention facilities for aliens charged with illegal entry."
3) "Grant the Secretary of Labor the right to readmit deported aliens."
4) Maintain an air patrol to frustrate smuggling of immigrants.
Other Davis immigration proposals: preference under the quota to immigrants who could supply U. S. occupational needs: extension of quota restrictions to North, Central, South American countries....
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