Mr. Chairman. the purpose of this section is to penalize the illegal transportation of aliens. but with the exemption which you have here "other than foreign contiguous territory" you limit that penalty to steamship companies who transport by water only. and you make it possible for steamship companies knowingly to bring immigrants to any contiguous territory and you leave the doors open for the railroads to transport your aliens illegally. Now. you have an excellent provision here in penalizing these companies $1.000 each. because. do not forget. these aliens who come in illegally are generally the victims of persons who should know better and who bring them here. Now. I wish the committee would extend this penalty to all transportation companies whether railroad or steamship companies that take these aliens and bring them here unlawfully and not put all the burden on the unfortunate victims.
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