If the committee had onlyconsidered how impossible it will be to bring that information to the anxious people who have secured passage on ships in the ports of the various countries. I can not help but believe that they would have hesitated before adopting this uncertain provision. I would rather see twentyyes. fiftyaliens being estopped and prevented from coming than to see one deported after reaching our shores. No one who is familiar with the trials and hardships that such aliens are subjected to before reaching this country can appreciate how justified I am in making this statement. In fact. I would rather see our doors completely closed than this narrow steel or iron gate partially opened. because then. when the 3 per cent is reached. the gates abruptly shut and many are bound to be crushed. This bill will also discriminate against the wives and children of those who come from the countries which have secured their independence but. unfortunately. have not been recognized by the United States. It will also close the doors to political refugees and those fleeing from religious persecution. The provision that the census of 1910 should govern will discriminate against the people who were former subjects of AustriaHungary. and of Germany. but who have secured their freedom and independence. and who no longer are known as AustroHungarians or Germans. but now known as French. AlsaceLorrainers.
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