I do not mean to say. of course. that a man who may have been born into and as a part of a certain race and who had acquired his convictions largely by environment can not change his views and his faith. Of course he can. and of course that has been frequently done. But. Mr. President. there is no danger that I shall put myself in a position where I would have to defend at position of the kind the Senator has advanced. The immigrant may come illiterate and say that he Is persecuted because of his religious faith. and prove it beyond a doubt to the satisfaction of the officers who are to act upon his application. but that alone does not give him a right to enter.
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