Chairman. on December 10. 1920. speaking on the floorofthis House. I said: I should like. tosay also to my colleagues that I couldchange and relieve the congeation. at Hills Island very quickly if Congress would abolish the office of Commissioner of Innilgratiop and In lieu thereof place the Assistant Secretary of Labor at Ellis Island. so that he could act on each and every appeal promptly. If an immigrant is not fit mentally. morally. or physically. or If he is a. crook. criminal. or. an anarchist. see that he Is sent back by the next ship after being given his legal rights. But you do not do that. Under the present law you bring the appeals from Ellis Island to Washington. andhere they take fropn a week to four or five months before the appeals are acted upon.
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