On the 15th of July if the quota will be filled. every quota that they have. and across the ocean from Palermo and every other port. there will be coming 10.000 more to land on the 20th of July. and those people will come here with their representatives. pleading on the ground of humanity that they be permitted to enter. when as a matter of fact they have knowledge and notice. and they will be here at the time for that purpose. and again on the 1st of August and the 15th of August these steamship companies who have defied this lav and this Congress. when they knew the facts. will again have filled their quotas. and they will again by the 10th or the 15th of the month send another 5.000 or 10.000 to land in our ports. to come down here pleading that they be let in. when it is purely and entirely from the record here. a plea of the steamship companies. If you pass this bill their expensethat is. the expense to the steamship companieswill be wiped out. They know what the law is and they say. "We can go to Congress when we want to." If we refuse to pass this law. the steamship companies will pay for the retention of these immigrants at these various stations where they are now being cared for in the proper way. having all the light and heat and clothing and provisions to which they are entitled. and upon the 1st day of July. if they are otherwise admissible. and the order has already been made landing those who have appliedtemporarily to be returnedthey will be permitted to land before the others that are now on the high seas. racing over here to try to land on the 2d day of July. That is the situation. and I think the American people ought to at once and for all time settle their own right to pass laws that shall not be broken down by an appeal for sympathy on behalf of foreigners. who know the law. and encouraged by the steamship companies who get pay for bringing them here. I do not know how many. but many of these people the moment they come here are ready to destroy the very Government that they claim they want to live under. With your own house not in order. clear your own conscience first of these five millions who are out of employment. and correct the other conditions that confront us before you spend your sympathy on what are called immigrants. when. as a mater of fact. the steamship companies all knew of the situation. I want to treat these people xight. but they should not defy our laws and come when they know they can not be admitted. Here W. W. Husband. Commissioner General of Immigration. stated before the committee hearings. pages 8182:
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