Few. indeed. could have in these few hours familiarized themselves with its many clauses and provisions. Legislation produced in this way and rushed through in this fashion can not ever be said to be the result of statesmanlike consideration or of deliberate action. It has been already well suggested that under the bill as now reported by the conferees an alien who has been in this country for a considerable period of time and who for any reason may have temporarily returned to his mother country can not return here without being subjected to all the examinations and inconveniences and restrictions that apply to immigrants that come to our shores for the first time. I wish I had the time to illustrate fully the viciousness of this and the abuses to which such legislation may lead. A father or mother. though having been for years a lawabiding inhabitant of this country and then returning to his or her native land. might. through means of being subjected to the provisions of this restrictive legislation. be debarred from coming in again. and perhaps be separated from their families forever.
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