I made a minority report. and I am speaking for that report now. that is. not this bill. I am opposed to any country in the world saying to any man in the world if he strikes the American shore and is shipwrecked. if he has not anything in the world except an ambition to become an American citizen. and he will satisfy the people of the country that he is in love with our principles. that he is a refugee. that he has been persecuted for religious and political duties. and he lands here and complies with the immigration law. that he shall not stay here: If we do otherwise We have violated the fundamental principles ofthe American Constitution. The fathers of this Republic when they wrote the Declaration of Independence complained of Great Britain that they visaed all Government passports and permitted the addition only of British subjects. What is the fact today?
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