Speech #710176519

Mr. President. while we are discussing the amendment of the Senator from Alabama. may I suggest to him that the problem that is sought to be solved by the blil of the Senator from Georgia is one relating primarily toMexican immigration. To endeavor now to adopt an entirely new and drastic plan respecting immigration in general will probably render it impossible for the bill of the Senator from Georgia. or any bill having a like purpose which may be adopted by the Senate. ever to become a law. The policy which is sought to be established by the Senator from Alabama is one that is entirely new in character. one that departs radically from the policy that is now in vogue. and one that should have separate consideration upon its merits alone. rather than as an amendment to a bill such as that proposed by the Senator from Georgia. It is because it is a new policy in immigration and because it proposes an entirely different and even more drastic plan than exists at the present time that I do not feel-