Speech #680051888

I have personally visited the ports several times and minutely observed the work of inspection. The persistent efforts of labor Importers. foreign groups. and politicians and the result of their work have likewise been noted. First. The 3 per cent quota law has been and is so poorly enforced that its purpose has been In considerable measure defeated. though It has accomplished much. Second. Scores of thousands of Inadmissible aliens are coming in from Canada. Mexico. and adjacent Islands. and at the ports. Some of this Is unavoidable. The greater part of It is due to insufficient appropriations and consequent lack of men to enforce the law.