Mr. President. in support of the proposition of the Senator from Florida . I !beg to say briefly that. in my judgment. there is no middle :ground between unrestricted immigration and absolutely. prohibited immigration. This thing of settling the right of immigrants to come here on a percentage basis does not strike me as being legal or having in it the essentials of common sense and common justice. If we allow 3 per cent to come from a country where we do not want 1 per cent. we are doing ourselves a wrong. and if we refuse to allow 6 per cent to come from a country where we would like to have 12 per cent. we are doing those people and ourselves a wrong. We have provided in the bill that the information shall go to our diplomatic and consular agents abroad telling them the .number whom they can admit to be immigrants. and that not more than 20 per cent of the utmost allowance can be licensed to come during any one month. In nearly every country from which these immigrants come there will be from half a dozen to a dozen consular positions. and it will be published abroad just like it. will be. published here. and there will be conflicts if we undertake to sift them out. It is unsound. It is a confused measure.
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