Speech #710218766

I believe that Mexican sensibilities will be far more injured by the racial discrimination and segregation and bitter feelings which have already arisen and will increase If the number of Mexicans increases. than they will be by a fair and reasonable quota policy. There is a mass of evidence that the Mexicans are so different from us that.they will not harmoniously combine with us. An illustration is the fact that in 1920 only 8.869. or 4.6 per cent. of the Mexicanborn population of 189.974 was naturalized or had secured first papers. Congress. exclusively charged with the great responsibility of protecting the country from the menace of infiltration by alien people whose numbers. economic standards. social and racial qualities threaten serious injury to the country. should meet that responsibility with American welfare as a paramount consideration. The Republic of Mexico has been sending us through the immigration stations Mexican immigration in the following numbers: Fiscal year1920 ----------------------------------------------- 51.042 1921 --------------------------------------------- 29. 603 1922 ----------------------------------------------- 18. 246 1923 -------------------------------------------62. 709 1924 ----------------------------------------------- 87.648 1925 ----------------------------------------------- 32. 378 1926 ----------------------------------------------- 42. 638 1927 ------------------------------------------------66. 766 1928 ------------------------------------------------57. 765 1929 ----------------------------------------------- 38. 980 Total legal entries in 10 years ---------------------- 487.875 Tile immigration act of 1924 went into effect at the end of the fiscal year 1924. so that the Mexican immigration during the last five fiscal years. averaging more than 48.000 per year. has been admitted under the act of 1924 now in force. Current reports and testimony indicate that Mexican immigration during the recent months has been greatly reduced that. according to the estimate. it will probably amount to about 12.000 immigrants for the fiscal year 1930. which is Itself several times the number which could be admitted under the proposed law computing both quota and nonquota immigrants.. However. there would be no limit in addition to those limitations under existing law with reference to the arrival of nonquota immigrants from Mexico. The foregoing statements are sufficient to show how important It is that this bill be passed. If it is not considered at this session it will be the fault of the Republican leaders of the House in not letting it be voted on.