Organizations and Immigrants
While organizations and immigrants didn’t demand unrestricted immigration, they argued that the bills would limit immigrants from opportunity.
" For the most part they (aliens) are opposed to the present 1921 Immigration Act quota law as it stands, although they are by no means a unit in demanding a return to unrestricted immigration. With them the idea seems to be that the hardships imposed by the administration of such an inflexible law as the 3 per cent quota act are little short of inhuman. "
– "Alien Quota Fight in Next Congress", 1924 [1\
Mainly Christian organizations, such as the National Catholic Welfare Conference and the Knights of Columbus, acted as defenders of the moral character of targeted ethnic groups. They published opinions refuting arguments pertaining to the ‘undesirability’ of immigrants, many of which were from predominantly Christian countries.
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National Catholic Welfare Conference, 1924 [4]
"In the tumultuous debate over who was, or ought to be, American, the Knights published more substantial volumes, too, defending their larger belief in an open and diverse nation.
The Knights of Columbus Historical Commission was established in 1921, and three years later, it published the Racial Contributions Series: The Gift of Black Folk: The Negroes in the Making of America, by W.E.B. DuBois; The Jews in the Making of America by George Cohen; and The Germans in the Making of America by Frederick Schrader."
– "The Knights vs. the Klan" [2\