Mr. Chairman. the bill that I have introduced (I. R. 18790) provides for prohibition of immigration to the United States of Japanese and Korean laborers. Before offering any reason for the passage of the bill I desire to outline briefly the salient features of the measure. After that I shall offer a few words showing why the bill should become a law. In preparing the bil I have followed as closely as practicable the wording of the Chineseexclusion act and the amendments thereto. I have done this in order. if possible. to use language that has been interpreted by the Department of Commerce and Labor and by our courts. One section of the Chineseexclusion act. providing for the imprisonment for one year of a Chinaman unlawfully within the United States prior to deporting him. I have omitted. because it was held by the Supreme Court to be unconstitutional. Several sections in the original Chineseexclusion act have been omitted because the matters which they cover have been dealt with more satisfactorily in later amendments. The main features of the bill are as follows: First. The prohibition of the immigration of Japanese and Korean laborers into the United States or the Insular possessions of the United States. or from the insular possessions to the main land. Second. The prohibition of any Japanese or Korean laborer returning to the United States who had departed. unless he had a lawful wife. child. or parent in the United States. or property therein of the value of $1.000. or debts of like amount due him and pending settlement.
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