Speech #680075863

Will the Senator permit me to explain that? I did say that and I say it now. I was dealing with Immigration from southern and eastern Europe. If to that immigration from southern and eastern Europe we add the Immigration from northern and western Europe we will increase it by just about 200.000. but the Immigration law does not extend to Mexico or to Canada and therefore during the past year we have had an Immigration into this country of 522.000. That 522.000 is made up substantially of 358.000 under the quota law and one hundred and eightyodd thousand of immigrants from Canada and from Mexico. 117.000 coming from British North America or Canada. and about 70.000 from Mexico. But. Mr. President. It Is perfectly true that if we close the door to Europe. or nearly close it. by a marked restriction of the imigration law. we open wide the doors of Immigration on this continent. There is no question about that. and if immigration is governed by economic law. just as soon as we shut off immigration from southern and eastern Europe we will open the door from Mexico. There is no doubt about that. Now I am not advocating one policy or another. I am stating what the law is. If the time has come. and it is said that it ought to be logical. to extend the immigration law to Mexico and to Canadafor of course we could not very well carve out Mexico alonethat Is a question for debate. that is a question for the Senate to decide. and that is a question of immigration policy.