I had in mind the fact that if he could read and write his own language there would be a channel of communication. either through journals published in his own language or through translations. by which he would be able to keep in touch with American life. I read a quotation from a newspaper. Of course. I do not vouch for this. although I take it from other sources that it is likely of substance and well founded: While the illiteracy test is not intended as a substitute for laws debarring alien criminals. if it had been In effect years ago onefifth of the foreignborn criminals In our jails and prisons would not be there. for. according to the censuses of 1890 and 1900. 21 per cent of the alien criminals are Illiterate. Not all immigrants. but those who have been convicted of crime.
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