I did not come to the Senate this morning expecting this question to be discus::ed. In due time. when an opportunity is presented. I want to discuss in the Senate in some detail what I believe to be the proper solution of the Mexican immigration problem. Let me make one suggestion. so that I will not be misunderstood. I have served in the Congress of the United States. in this body and in the House of Representatives. over 18 years. I have voted for every piece of immigration restriction legislation that has been passed. and all of those measures became law by being passed over the veto of the President except one bill. I voted to pass those bills over the presidential veto. The only President who ever signed an immigration restriction bill was Mr. Coolidge. So nobody after examining my record can say that I have not been in favor of the restriction of immigration. I believe in limiting the number of people who can come into the United States from Canada and Mexico and the Western Hemisphere. I believe too many of them are coming in and going into trades and industries where they are not needed.
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