The difference between the enforcement of the immigration laws at the present moment in Mexico solely by the State Department and the joint enforcement of the existing immigration law in Europe is practically nothing. The net results would be practically the same if Mexico had the quota allotted to that country under the .ohnson bill. I want the Senate to thoroughly understand that the question at issue is not. Shall we continue to have a flood of Mexican immigrants coming Into the United States. unrestricted and unregulated? That issue is past. The question is. Shall we maintain the standards now in force? Neither the Department of Labor nor the State Department can be justly criticized for any laxity of enforcement in the past. It must be remembered that not until 1924 was a law enacted by Congress which Keally put teeth in immigration restriction. Prior to that time. and particularly during the World War. we had encouraged Mexicans to come to this country to cultivate crops for war purposes. Their labor was greatly needed even after the war was over.
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