[1] The late 19th century in American history marked a period of expanding industrialization and national security concerns.
The next two sections provided penalties including a fine of 1,000 dollars for employers who knowingly bring a contract laborer into the country.
They are: (1) foreigners temporarily in the United States and engaging other foreigners as secretaries, servants, or domestics, (2) skilled laborers, provided that such laborers cannot be obtained in the U.S. (3) professional actors, artists, lecturers, or singers, or persons employed strictly as a personal or domestic servants.
The problem was largely that although the law was sweeping in its prohibition of labor contracts, it was virtually impossible to enforce.
The new sections charged the secretary of the treasury with enforcement of the act, gave him power to establish needful rules and regulations, and provided that prohibited persons were to be sent back on arrival.