I do not see any provision in the bill giving a preference to such cases as have been pointed out by the Senator from Mississippi and now referred to by the Senator from Utah in connection with the 5 per cent that would be admissible. That is to say. there is no provision in the bill that the relatives of those resident here shall be given preference in that 5 per cent. It seems that if you limit it to 5 per cent from any one of these countries. or to any per cent. that may be exhausted. and under this provision those who have gotten citizenship and desire their families to come will be debarred by the exhaustion of the percentage. and therefore no remedy could be given in that respect.: It is my opinion that if we are going to allow a percentage from these different countries to come. there ought to be provision made in the bill by which it may be known to the citizens here and abroad that preference will be given in just such .cases as were pointed out by the Senator from Utah. or you might have a condition in some case where a rush of immigrants here would exhaust the 5 per cent. and those %vho really ought to be permitted to come in from the standpoint of humanityand right would be debarred even under that limitation. I ask the Senator in charge of the bill. is any provision whatever made to give any preference at all to such cases?
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