A seaman has a right to ship on a vessel and come to a port of the United States. and. even though we have a contract for a round voyage. demand half his pay. and leave his vessel. He is no longer a deserter. he is a free man. and. under the law. he has a right to ship on another vessel. This amendment is purely an immigration proposition. it does not deal with the seamens law in so far as that law affects immigration. and it ought to go into this bill. The amendment ought to be adopted by the Senate as an affirmative stand and a declaration of certain principles that ought to be written into the law and become a part of the immigration law of the United States. There have been certain failures fully to enforce the seamens act. there have been additions to our population by immigrants coming in aboard vessels when they ought not to have been admnitted. but they have taken up their residence here to become a. part of our population when they are barred under the law. The enforcement of a provision such as is proposed by the amendment will. in a large measure. correct all these difficulties. This amendment has been very carefully thought out. carefully studied. and carefully prepared. and it is to our highest Interest. if we are going to attempt at all to have an adequate immigration law. that we embody its provisions in the law.
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