That is the point I am trying to get at. to see whether this law is defective. and will allow the steamship companies to continue the method they have started now of openly. boldly. and continuously. irrespective of the law that has been debated now in all Congresses for years. there being no criminal penalty. or none sufficient to penalize them. bringing these people over here and expect. the mament they get into port. that every organization and sympathetic fellow among the nationalities of these people will immediately appeal to Congress and their Representatives for the poor unfortunates. Hon. E. J. Henning. Assistant Secretary of Labor. before the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. page 101 of .hearings:
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Immigrants are portrayed as exploiting the system by relying on sympathetic organizations to appeal to Congress on their behalf.