I do not know. in the first place. Mr. President. why there should be any exemption of the provisions of this law in its application to objectionable classes of immigrants from Canada and Mexico and Cuba. I do not understand why a different rule should be applied to them from that which we are now establishing to be applied to immigrants from every other country. If a man be of the objectionable character which we are undertaking to legislate about in this bill. he ought to be excluded. no matter from what country he may come. That does not help his cause any. I. as I said. rose simply to ask the question whether or not that has been considered and whether or not the committee are satisfied that it is competent for us to exempt immigrants coming from those countries from the application of this statute without violating our treaty obligations in the respect I have mentioned.
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