US customs ran a strict quota system where only a certain number of people could enter from any country.
Hard to get a job,few freedoms,not enough food to make it , and not being able to worship who they desire.
in order to emigrate they needed a sponsor in the US who was willing to house them and give them a job, this was rare.if there are phrases like:immigration Quotas or immigration restrictions, then pick that.or:prejudice or 'theories of eugenics' or antisemitism.
US visa.
an airplane
Many wanted to do precisely that, but in the interwar period the US had highly restrictive immigration policies and these were enforced. To put it bluntly, there were strict limits on the number of immigrants that the US admitted from Germany, Austria and other countries. By the way, there were also political, non-Jewish refugees from Germany swelling the numbers applying for entry to the US.
They said no and sent them back. ____ In the early 1920s the US introduced strict quotas on the numbers allowed to emigrate (to the US) from the various European countries, and these quotas were enforced. In fact, in 1933-1941 the US accepted about 250,000 refugees from Germany.
To gain more money.
Recently I watch a video that had his son interviewed. Rommel's family stayed in Germany. I have added a link below for you.
Very simple: they want to gain many US dollars.
the Holocaust could not be predicted before the war, whilst Jew were allowed to emigrate, so no emergency act to allow refugees was deemed necessary.
no
To escape religious persecution.