Mr. Speaker and gentlemen. I suppose it is known to the House that I have taken about as strong a stand in favor of restriction of immigration as any Member of the House. as strong. perhaps. as the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Box]. who has just preceded me and. unless a Jap is in sight. probably as strong as the gentleman from California. I am not so much interested in this matter by reason of the effect it may have on any foreign nation. The humanitarian principles and incidents involved do not appeal to me so much. but I am interested from the standpoint of our Government and our Bureau of Immigration. I believe that in the interest of the orderly enforcement of our immigration laws in the months and years to come it Is a wise policy. from the standpint of our own Government. to adopt this resolution. As nearly as can be estimated this will affect about 12.815 persons. Some 9.000 of these 12.815 persons were admitted under decisions of the district courts of New York. The Bureau of Immigration was compelled by the decision of the courts to admit them. They came in legally. as far as the law as then construed by the courts was concerned. and they have scattered out over our Nation. The Supreme Court reversed those decisions and said that their entry was illegal. The Bureau of Immigration Is now confronted with this proposition: They are compelled to go out over this country and seek out one by one those 9.000 aliens. It.will be impossible to locate and to deport any great per cent out of that number. The ones wlo renminand. gentlemen.
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