Mr. Chairman. the basic inligration law wIas enacted in 1917. That law is a selective immigration law. It eliminates those who are mentally. morally. and physically unfit: those who are likely to become a public charge. anarchists al(1 otliers opposed to organized government. and who hold doctrines subversive to law and order. It provides within the above limitations the kind of immigrants who may enter tile United States. It in no way limits the number of the acceptable kind. Tile act of May 9. 1921. establishes the principle of numerical limitations. and tlt act. as continued by subsequent action of the Congress. ceases to operate on June 30. 1924. Under these restrictive measures the number of immigrants of any given nationality admitted into this country in any one year is 3 per cent of the number of foreignborn persons of that nationality withh the borders of the United States. as shown by the census of 1910. If no legislation is enacted between now and .luly .1. then this country will have only tile protection aflforded by the act of 1917. and numberless hordes from all parts of Europe will rush ka. America.
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