A short story. Or small paragraph.
In late 1938, 125,000 applicants lined up outside US<span> consulates hoping to obtain 27,000 visas under the existing immigration quota. By June </span>1939<span> ... In a highly publicized event in May–June </span>1939<span>, the </span>United States refused<span> to admit over 900 Jewish </span>refugees<span> who </span>had<span> sailed from Hamburg, Germany, on the St. Louis.</span>