Next. of course. persons protected by treaty provisions. who come in pursuance of treaties of commerce and amity. Government officials. naturally. Then there is an exception. recognized by the immigration laws. for immediate relatives of American citizens. that is to say. wives or husbands to whom they were married before June. 1928that is the exception in the present lawand children of American citizens under 21. With those exceptions. the prohibition would be complete. The prohibition applies also to Filipinos entering the mainland of the United States. We find that as we plug one gap in immigration another develops. As we stop one stream of inflowing immigrants another comes. Recently there has been an alarming increase in the number of Filipinos entering our Pacific coast ports. I do not think there is any reason in justice why they should be permitted to come any more than the citizens of other foreign countries.
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