Mr. Speaker. the policy of our Government in reference to immigration seems now to be pretty definitely settled. The act of 1917. buttressed by the law of 1924. makes it quite possible now to limit the entry into this country of undesirable and dangerous aliens. The present proposed legislation seeks to still further prevent the entry of such aliens but also to provide methods for the deportation of those already within the confines of the Nation. There should be no valid objection to this legislation on the .part of those who desire to see America remain American. The. deportation of those aliens who constitute a menace to the institutions of our free government. In being an unjust burden upon the Government. is closely in harmony with and in a sense a part of our principles in the limitation of immigration. This can not in any sense be called a blow to these of our citizenship of foreign extraction. It is not. In fact It is the very opposite. The chief reason for this proposed legislation of deportation is to maintain law and order and afford protection and opportunity to all. alien and citizen alike. We stand most heartily for that great body of worthy and deserving immigrants who have come to us in good faith. deserving to share in and preserve our ideals of a free representative form of government. We believe in them. They are and will be burden bearers and burden sharers.
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