Mr. Speaker. I have voted for this immigration bill and am in favor of the general provisions of it. but there are several inconsistencies in it which I think ought to be remedied and the bill recommitted back to tile committee on the motion of the gentleman from Illinois . Section 3 of this bill defines an immigrant as meaning "any alien departing from any place outside the United States destined for the United States." Then it goes on and makes six exceptions that are excepted from the operation of this immigration bill. The fifth exception is the one I wish to call the attention of the House to. It provides as follows: A bona fide alien seaman serving as such on a vessel arriving at a port of In United States and seeking to enter temporarily the United States solely in t he pursuit of his calling as a seaman.
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