We could properly take some of the money that we are now using in our Irammigration Service and build up. across the water. not necessarily a great organization. but an organization sufficient to cope with the situation. so that they could not go on board ship to come to this country at all until they were shown and proved to be all right. We should put the burden of proof on them. Why burden our officers at Ellis Island and these other immigration stations with the necessity of the examinations that are unnecessary? It can not be done in a practical way. it is Impossible to do it without keeping these people penned up for months In our immigration stations. and the man or woman -who call pass the literacy test can in most cases hide their records abroad. and we have no machinery on this side under the present law to detect those that preach sabotage. direct action. and other dangerous doctrines. If this country is good enough to live in and to make a living in. if it is a good enough place to stay in and accumulate wealth in. it ought to be good enough to warrant us in requiring that they show us before they leave their own shores that they are fit to become American citizens.
Keywords matched
immigration literacy test