The failure to do so corrupts youth. breeds disregard of law. fosters bribery and graft. encourages perjury. and renders the Constitution itself an object of contempt. Hence I. for one. call upon the Chief Executive to carry out his welltimed. appropriate injunctionthat the prohibition laws must be enforced. The amendment calling for additional funds to aid in the enforcement of the immigration laws meets my hearty Indorsement. and I trust that its passage is secure. Recently I introduced a bill calling for a restriction in immigration. Heretofore we have admitted 3 per cent of immigrants from other nations. basing such per cent upon the resident aliens from the respective nations according to the census of. 1910. The most undesirable aliens emanate from southern Europe and those hot climes bordering the Mediterranean. Up to 1890 few aliens from these countries resided in the United States. whereas those constituting what is known as the pure Caucasian races. England.
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Aliens from southern Europe and the Mediterranean are described as 'most undesirable'.