Mr. President. the State of Washington is the chief point of -entry of Chinamen -into the United States. I am -making this statement now with particular reference to Whavt I last referred tothe inefficiency of the administration of the immigration law. and the opportunity. if this immigration bill is put upon its passage. to amend it -and incorporate in it .some salutary measures for -the purpose of enforcing the law after we have passed it. The labyrinth of protected -waters lying along the boundary :between that State and British Columbia. and the great -extent and more or less unsettled condition of the forested and mountainous region through which -runs theentire northern boundary of the State. separating it from the Province of .British Columbia. make exceptionally favorable conditions for the Illicit entry ofChinese and other aliens into this.country. Accentuating this opportunity for the violation of the immigration laws is a contract which Ihns been entered into between the immigration service of the United -States and the Oanadian Pacific Railway. under which the .Canadian Pacific Ralway furnishes offices for United States immigration inspectors at its Pacific coast terminals. and the United States immigration serv.1
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