I will touch on Mexican immigration later. I will say at this time. however. that while the number of legally admitted Mexican immigrants has been reduced. the number of Mexicans entering the United States illegally over our southern border has greatly increased. What are the rights involved in the present situation? The same selfish interests that oppose Filipino exclusion also oppose Philippine independence. Those interests profess love for the Filipino. when all they care about him is to exploit him. Those interests demand that Asiatic laborers shall travel onethird of the distance around the earth to commingle with and oppress our white workingmen on the Pacific coast. During my remarks on Filipino immigration at the last session of Congress I was asked whether I would consider Philippine independence as a solution of our difficulty. I replied that I would. And I repeat again that I will gladly vote for Philippine independence.
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