Syria. and Armenia. we will clean the slate and will not be disturbed by the recurrence of the present situation. We have a more generous proposal. in my opinion. than the bill offered by the committee. The amendment I want to offer after the Jenkinss amendment has been adopted will be as a new paragraph. to the effect that the Secretary of State shall instruct the various consular officers of the United States that in determining applications for admission as immigrants of an alien wife. husband. minor children. or parents. consideration shall be given to the moral and legal obligations in such relationships and to the natural inclination of such applicants to take steps to prevent such immediate relatives from becoming public charges. In my opinion an amendment of that kind would be in the nature of a suggestion to the State Department that it might. as far as reasonably possible. relax the rules with regard to the danger of becoming a public charge. in so far as they could do so. in the case of fathers and mothers of citizens. minor children oi the same. and wives of husbands. Of course. it is not intended to invite those who will become public charges within a short time.
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