In view of what the Senator from Washington has stated in relation to this matter. the best evidence that the law is defective in that. respect Is the fact that in the asylums of the Western States which care for the insane there is a very much larger percentage of those of foreign birth who are suffering from the affliction of insanity than there are of those of American birth. Therefore. the law has undoubtedly been lax in that respect. which has permitted people who have insanity in the family tobe admitted into this country as Immigrants. Insanity is a great affliction. it is undoubtedly hereditary. and while there may be temporary causes. perhaps. yet I think we can dispense with that class of immigrants.
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Immigrants are more likely to be insane and a burden on asylums.