I wish it were possible to exclude those and to admit every man who wants to come here and who would make a good citizen. I repeat. I wish it were possible to frame a law that would permit every man who wants to come into the United States with a view of bgttering his condition. with a view of rearing his family here and of becoming a citizen and having his home* here. and bar every immigrant who does not come here for that purpose. I want to say. in conclusion. that no one need say. or can justly say. that many of the people who come here from southern Europe and would be barred by a literacy test come here and make good citizens. There is no sort of question about their fitness from every standpoint of industry and morality. Some are bad.
Keywords matched
immigrant literacy test