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I think that is as serious an objection as the other. The Supreme Court of the United States some lime ago sustained the decision of an immigration inspector and the department. which had for its effect the exclusioni from the United States of a nativeborn citizen. and he was denied the privilege of presenting to the courts of the country the question as to whether or not he was a nativeborn citizen. In other words. the court sustained the decision of the department as being conclusive as against a.man who was prepared to prove that he was a nativeborn citizen of the United States. and he was excluded. I think it is a very dangerous power to lodge in a mere department officer.