I wish to say. Mr. President. in reply to the inquiry of the Senator fromWyoming. that I think we have an exaggerated notion as to the number of deportations that have taken place in the operation of the quota law. I think that the Department of Labor and the Commissioner General of Iimmigration are to be congratulated upon the fact that so few have been deported. and especially so few in excess of the quota. I may state here that in New York. which is the storm center of immigration and of criticism upon immigration. only 1.1 per cent of those who applied for admission were rejected from all causes. Three hundred and eightysix thousand four hundred and ninetyseven immigrants arrived at the port of New York. of whom 1.153 were deported as being in excess of the quota and 2.837 were deported for all causes. making the total of those rejected 4.110 out of nearly 400.000. Have I answered the question of the Senator from Wyoming?
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