Last year. the year that ended June 30 last. under the old law. we did gain 87.410 Mexicans. 89.000 came in. 1.900 only went out. That was under the old law. " For some reason which I do not understand. but which I think is partly due to the increased efficiency in enforcing the literary test. the number has been very much reduced In the present year. so that in the first six months of the current fiscal year we took in only 11.701 Mexicans and we sent out 1.432. a net gain of 10.269. That is a reduction of 75 per cent in immigration from Mexico. although there is no check up on it by the quota law. A more practical check. it seems to me. is the application of the literacy test and tile head tax which every immigrant has to pay."
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