Wagner-Rogers Bill

Wagner-Rogers Bill

The Wagner-Rogers Bill was proposed United States legislation, which would have had the effect of admitting 20,000 Jewish refugees under the age of 14 to the United States from Nazi Germany. [ [http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/jwb/Collab/WWIIEssay.htm Essay] , via westport.k12.ct.us]

The bill sponsored by Sen. Robert F. Wagner (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Edith Rogers (R-Mass.) [http://www.aish.com/holocaust/issues/Kristallnacht_And_The_Worlds_Response.asp Kristallnacht and the World's Response] , a reprint from "The Jewish Week"]

It was rejected by the United States Congress in February 1939 when public opinion polls indicated a negative attitude toward increased immigration.

American Jewish organizations did not challenge the decision for fear of stirring domestic antisemitism.

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