Most of you gentlemen who represent great States do not stop to think that there are a million people down there on that island. which is more people than there are in some ten States of this Union. Most of you do not realize the position of the people in Porto Rico. The Supreme Court of the United States the other day. in passing upon a question under the immigration laws. held that they were citizens only in a sense. that they were not subject to exclusion under the immigration laws. but the court did not go so far as to say that they were citizens. Now. that is an anomalous condition for a. million people. who owe allegiance to the flag of this country. to be up in the air in that manner. I say that the House FEBr~UArY 2. ought to do something. whether the Senate approves of it or not. to grant their Resident Commissioner the privileges of a Delegate. because this House. primarily. represents the people of the United States. and Congress ought to pass some sort of a law that will fix the status of these people.
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