Chairman. to the critic who twits those who favor this section as arrogant and pharisaical. as one who thanks his Maker that he is not as other men are. we answer: While we desire to favor the unfortunate of other countries our sympathy for them must not interfere with our duty to care for those who have already landed upon our shores. Sentiment must not prevent our quick comprehension that Europes relief of millions ofemigraihts is our burden. So long as we could certainly Americanize the Immigrant by actual contact. the fear of foreignizing the American did not appear. But at a time when the rate of importation actually endangers foreign dominance it is time to call a halt. No man will go further than I in his admiration for thiose who have come to our shores and who have distinguished themselves in every line. No man can say our Government has not been the most magnanimus in its policy toward our naturalized citizens. Think of it! Here upon this floor. in the very Capitol of the Republic itself. we hear pleading the cause of.immigration the men who are living examples of the magnanimity of this country. You must not think us unkind if we say we pity your unfortunate foreign lands. but we must legislate for the future of our own people as well. We can not safely permit our pity to multiply the problems of our cities. to stimulate the various "isms" born under foreign oppression and propagated here In American soil.
Identified stereotypes
Immigrants are a burden and bring foreign 'isms'.