A good deal of the complaint against the administration of the law now on the statute books has been the treatment of immigrants at Ellis Island. and some of the statements made by the foreign pressincluding the press of Great Britain. for examplewould lead the public to believe that Ellis Island had become a detention station. and therefore rather disgraceful. I have read so many very bitter complaints that have come through some agency to our desks that I took the matter up with the Secretary of Labor. and he wrote a statement for publication in which he said that if any person Is detained overnight. it is in violation of the law. Consequently. that practice seems to have grown out of our quota regulations. If we limit the immigration to any particular percentage. the percentage will be violated. and the public here think we ought to cure that on the other side. that the examinations should be there rather than here. The public does not seem to realize that that would be rather difficult without some treaty relations. I wonder whether we are taking steps in this measure to relieve that situation. at least.
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