But a British ship may employ persons from any country on earth where not racially excluded. and they are as free to enter our ports as are Britishers. It may employ them as stewards or deck hands or engineers or in any capacity. There is no inhibition against their employment and no prohibition against their landing unless they are mala fide seamen. If. however. individuals are employed who are not bona fide seamenand a seaman does not necessarily mean a man who handles the shrouds and looks after the sailsthey will be taken from the ship by American inspectors at American ports and detained as immigrants. and deported at the expense of the vessel which brought them to .the United States.
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