Mr. Speaker. the statements made on the floor of the House yesterday by the gentleman from Kansas . the gentleman from California . and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Box]. and which were again stated today as to the number of those immigrants to whom my resolution would apply and relieve. have been made without any justification and with willful disregard of facts. The only excuse I can find for their wild and Irrational statements is their fierce and unfounded prejudice against the foreign born. as whenever the question of immigration or prohibition is being considered they become hysterical. and their conduct and speech borders on Insanity and fanaticism. But. gentlemen of the House. this Is not a question of immigration. as was so properly stated by the gentleman from North Carolina [Air. Pou]. This is a question of deportation. And as has been stated by the gentleman from Georgia . it Is a humane questiona question whether we should let the wives and children. the fathers and mothers. of American citizens and. in some instances. orphans. and a few hundred others already admitted. to remain in the United States. or whether. in view of the ruling of the Supreme Court. they should be deported. My original resolution would not have permitted. as has been stated by the gentleman from California . the entry of. hundreds of thousands who are on the seas and in foreign ports. It was carefully prepared to legalize the admis- jIt must not be.
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Foreign born are subject to prejudice and irrational statements.