I will make the statement here now that this bill as now presented does not violate a single treaty that has been entered into by the United States with any foreign government. I make that statement and stand on it. and will be prepared to meet it if it comes up later. There has been only one treaty since the formation of this Government whereby we dealt with immigration. and that treaty was with China. That has been abrogated. and we have now an exclusion law. Since the beginning of the Government we said that these people of the race on the Pacific coast. such as Malays. and Chinese. and Japanese and others were not entitled to be citizens. aind that they could not be naturalized. That has been the law for 137 years. The Supreme (onrt of the United States has decided that Chinese can not be naturalized. The Supreme Court of the United States says tht Hindus can not be naturalized. and the Supreme Court of the United States has said the Japanese could not be naturalized. The Supreme Court of the United States has said that Filipinos can not be naturalized. as well as every Malay. So froi the beginning of tile Government those people can not lie naturalized under our fundamental law. which has been the law down to the present time. For the last 20 years the people of the West have been struggling as no people ever struggled before to keep out these people ineligible to become citizens and be naturalized. The people of California and ninny States have passed similar laws that these ineligible citizens can not come in under our laws. The Supreme Court of the United States has held that that act is valid and is not against the treaty. so that covers that.
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Generalization that people of the race on the Pacific coast are not entitled to be citizens and cannot be naturalized.