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Before 1921, many immigrants arrived at quarantine in the United States only to find they had an illness or physical defect which prevented them, by law, from entering the country. Sometimes a family was stranded without adequate funds to return to their former home. Examinations overseas prevented such hardships among visa applicants and simplified the administration of the United States immigration laws. The process begins at the Naples Foreign Quarantine Station with a series of questions concerning previous history of illness and accidents.
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