Speaker. I am heartily in favor of the Harris bill. S. 51. which puts Mexican immigration on the quota basis. and I hope the bill will be passed before adjournmient. At this time. when hundreds of thousands of nativeborn Americans can not get work. it is tragically wrong to permit aliens of a different race and lower standard of living to glut our labor markets. But the essence of the Mexican immigration question is that the Mexicans are largely of a different race. They are either Indian or mixed Indian and white. and their presence in this country has already created a serious new race problem. The only real argument against Mexican restriction is that it will disturb our harmonious relations with Mexico.
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Mexicans are of a different race and lower standard of living.