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Expert Eugenics Agent of the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization appointed.
Date: 1920
Eugenics movement
Immigration
Genetics
Henry Laughlin, the first office holder, focuses on preserving "American genetic stock" by carefully inspecting and selecting all immigrants arriving at Ellis Island.
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