Mr. President. that contention rests on no foundation whatever. if Senators will give this matter their full consideration. The immigrants who come to this country come here voluntarily. There are many men who come here now who leave their wives behind. Is the United States responsible for that separation of a family? We do not ask them to separate. we do not bid them to come here. The Senator from Maryland attempted to draw a parallel between the immigrant from Europe and the slave of the old times. Mr. President. in those times the slave was taken by force. wrested from his home. dragged here under the protection of our laws. torn from wife and children in Africa. and separated again from them when he made his new ties here. We drag no immigrants from Europe. They come here because they wishto. This discussion starts. in my mind. on a very false premise.
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