The passportextension law will expire. That law is all we have now to hold out any part of the great alien population who would move in on us. all. I say. except the literacy test and certain physical requirements. Now. many thought that the passportvis6 plan would work as a great bar. but not so. It shuts out some revolutionists. there it stops. Briefly. I can say to you that the State Department does not find it can deny vis~s and passports beyond the rights of the Department of Labor. the latters rights being described in the immigration laws. The State Department finds itself now in the matter of refusing vis~s restricted to the clauses of our immigration laws which deal with the deportations of anarchists and similar classes. The State Department carries in its regulations the entire act which we passed in the last day of the last session. and all aliens who are anarchists or who advocate or advise the overthrow of government are reached by refusing to vis6. if our consuls can find any information on which to warrant the refusal. Beyond that what happens? The total visas granted for three quarters. ending March 31. June 30. and September 30. at -7 principal consular offices were 274.962. The total refusals of visas at those 17 offices were 2.443. The refusals at Athens. Greece. were 34 out of 14.644 granted. at Belfast.
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