We have the right to invite whom we please into this country. and we have the right to exclude whom we please. When this provision is enacted it becomes the law. and thereafter every man who comes into this country will come with the knowledge that the provision exists. And the very fact that it does exist. the fact that there is a possibility that the immigrant may not have the right of citizenship or the right of domicile after he becomes a pauper. will be deterrent in its character and will aid in keeping away undesirable immigrants. I understand that this is a bill in restraint of immigration. that this provision will be one of the powerful aids in that direction. The very uncertainties that are created by it will deter immigration. and I understand that that is what the gentlemen of the committee desired when this section was determined upon.
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