And in this interval. long or short. which is prescribed by the laws of the United States. you can go without work and subsist on charity. although you are willing to work." I say that such a condition. brought about by law. would be dis. graceful to the statute book of the United States and to the good sense of the American people. Mr. President. it is perfectly possible to pass a law regulating and restraining immigration into this country without such harsh features as these. We are not obliged. in protecting ourselves from assumed dangers or real dangers. to be cruel to anyone. We are not obliged. in closing the doors of this country to the op. pressed people of the world for the first time in our history. to work so cruel and unusual a punishment upon those who honestly come for no other purpose than to better their condition and to labor with their hands for the food that is to support them.
Keywords matched
immigration