No State has a voice in his admission to that particular State. and yet all States must care for him and for his descendants if he or they should prove defectives. Mr. Chairman. the cost to the Federal Government. out of the $4 head tax paid by each immigrant for his medical examination is the large sum of 16 cents. As I have already stated here. the State of New York expends about $3.500.000 a year in taking care of the alien insane who never should have been admitted. Now. the Federal Government took hold of this proposition In 1882. and it made the period of deportation within one year. In 1903 It made it two years. In 1907 it made it three yea rs. The State of New York is obliged to maintain a bureau of deportationthey call it "deportation." but I think it is wrongly namedfor the purpose of assisting home those aliens who have become public charges. who wish to return to the countries whence they came In order that their families may take care of them and in order that they may be buried in the old country whence they came. In 1912 the State of New York repatriated 439 insane aliens who had become public charges after they had been in the State three years and before they had been in the State for five years. This meant a saving to the State of $1.265.198. I submit. Mr. Chairman. that by reason of this very absurd medical examination at ports of entry. which is the best possible. considering the fact that the Government appropriates only enough money to equal 16 cents a head for that purpose. this period of deportation for causes existing prior to landing should be extended from three years to five years. [Applause.
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