(Jewish Dally Bulletin)
Slightly more than half a million immigrants entered the United States during the fiscal year which closed on June 30, 1927, according to an announcement by the Commissioner General of Immigration, Harry E. Hull, on August 6. During the same per-tod about a quarter of a million immigrants left the United States, resulting ing a net increase in population of 284,493. The population gain during 1926 was 268,351.
Ten countries supplied over 88 per cent of the entrants this year. These countries in the order of the immigants they supplied are as follows: Canada, Mexico, Germany, Irish Free State, Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Sweden, Norway and France.
Although most of the countries exhausted their quotas, according to Commissioner Hull, 10 countries sent not a single immigrant.
Grmany sent 48,513 immigrants; Irish Free State, 28,054; Great Britain, 24,160; Italy, 17,297 Poland, 9,-211; Sweden, 8,287; Norway, 6,068; and France, 4,405, Commissioner Hull’s report states.
“While the permanent immigration for the year just ended shows an increase of 30,687, or 10.1 per cent over that for the previous year when 304,-488 immigrants entered the country, the bulk of the increase came from only two countries, namely, Mexico and Italy.
“A few other countries also show increases in immigration, but proportionately much smaller, the only ones with an increase of over 2.000 were the were the Irish Free State (3,576) and Poland (2,085).
“Less than a third of the number of aliens admitted last year were charged to the quota. 158.070 of the 583,001 total admissions in 1927 coming in as quota immigrants. Practically all of the European countries exhausted their quotas during the year, and most of the aliens who obtained visas have already reached the United States,” the report states.
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