You want to protect the body politic. and yet you pay no attention to the disease that is already in the body. You say you will adopt a preventive which stops the ailment at the mouth. You would keep out that type of citizenship which is atteml)ting to destroy our institutions and which is not good. and yet you propose no legislation to deal with the undesirable alien already here. I shall introduce amendments that will reach the trouble that you are trying to reach by this legislation. I shall. introduce an amendment prQviding that when a man has been in this country for two years he.must either renounce his allegiance to the country from which lie came. take out his citizenship papers. or be deported at that time. I have another amendment providing that at the expiration of three years from the time of taking out his first papers he must take out his full citizenship papers or be deported. I have another amendment which provides that if. during the probationary period. an alien is convicted of a felony he shall. at the expiration of the sentence of the trial court. be deported as an undesirable alien. In other words. we welcome the worthy of all lands to come and make this their home. but we do not intend that our country shall become the international boarding house of the world. As has been well said. a man will not make the sacrifice for his boarding house that he will for his home.
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