Those men. those American citizens. own this country today. It is for them to say who shall come and who shall stay out. The immigrant does not come here by right. he comes here because we allow him to come. and we may mnake any restrictions on his coming that we please. We have no right to inflict unjust and cruel hardships upon him. but we do not separate a husband from his wife or a wife from her husband by this legislation. we exclude nobody under this law which is so attacked. We simply say to everyone between the ages of 16 and 50. "If you want to come to the United States. you are of an age when you can learn to read and write." We say. "Before you come. you shall learn in some language to read the Constitution of the country where you expect to live. and to sign your own name to the oath of allegiance which you mean to take."
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