Therefore I shall. when the bill reported by the committee comes up. urge the adoption of the amendment which I have introduced. and take no chances of action upon it as a separate measure. . Mr. President. if we were dealing with immigration conditions in this country prior to 1880. our present law and the amendments now proposed by the committees bill to that law would be all that was needed. but. Mr. President. in the last 25 or 30 years the character of our immigration has not only entirely changed but has also been accompanied by a terrific increase in quantity. and that change and increase have created new conditions. brought about new problems. and the restrictions which existing laws provide and which the bill under consideration proposes do not reach the root of the evil evolved out of these changed conditions. From 1819 to 18S2 immigration to this country was practically unrestricted. None was needed. As late as 1880. 64.5 per cent of the immigrants to this country came from northern and western Europe. They came chiefly from England. Scotland.
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