Mr. Speaker. our present exclusion laws adequately. provide against the admission of undesirables. :and in connection therewith I desire to say that .these laws have been strictly enforced by the Department -of Labor and the Bureau of Immigration. As a result of this action on the part of the .Government. the steamship companies have been very careful in admitting passengers to -their vessels for -transportation to the United States. In 1915 only 326.000 immigrants -entered this country. and of those who came 24.111 were debarred. Froin this you will see that we not .only have stringent laws. but that they are stringently enforced. Not only this. but the present law gives the Secretary of Labor and the Bureau of Immigration the power to deport any alien who is found to have .become a public charge. who has been here in violation of law. who has been charged with a crime involving moral turpitude. or who has been guilty of the violation of many of .the provisions .of .the present immigration law. vithin a period of -three yeals .from the date of landing in the United States. During the last year 2.670 such aliens were deported as having been found undesirable. So you see. gentlemen. that these reports which have been circulated. deplaring that there is an imperative -need for immigration legislation. are unfounded and unjustifiable. I have previously said that our present immigration laws are stronger and more stringent than the laws of any other .nation. and that therefore there is no need of this bill or a like bill to keep out the undesirable classes of immigrants. as the .present law is effectively doing so. Mr. Speaker.
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