Until the war there was no necessity for a man having a passport from his master. the king. before he could come to America. It was a necessary law during the war. Now. as it has appeared before the Committee on Foreign Affairs. they have recommended. according to my recollection. that a law be passed which would permit them to admit a man without a vis6 provided he makes a showing that he Is a refugee. that he is persecuted either in a political or religious way. and presents to the Government the fact that he is eligible under the immigration law to come into this country. Now. I have no disposition to find fault with the immigration laws. but this is doing exactly the thing which we promised not to do. We are continuing a war measure. This law that we had during the war would have kept the Pilgrim Fathers out. and it would have kept out many men. and most of your ancestors. if it had been a law when they started for this country.
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