However. he has omitted to state one very important change in the very first section of the billon the very first page. The change which lie has omitted to state is that which designates or defines the work of an alien. This bill provides that the immigration laws shall apply to all aliens and it deflnes an alien ais any person not native born or a naturalized citizen. Now. Mr. Chairman. we have in this country thousands and thousands of honest men of foreign birth who. on account of the harsh naturalization laws. have been unable to become citizens of this country. although residing here for many years. Frequently these men who leave in the country from which they have emigrated a father or a mother or other relative are obliged to return abroad for a short time. possibly to see their parents for the last time and to bid them goodby before they set out on that long journey from whence none of us return. It matters not whether these people have resided in this country for 5. 10. 15. or 20 years. Mr. Chairman. If this bill should become a law. upon their return they would be subjected to the same regulations as those immigrants upon their first journey to our shores.
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