Years ago I introduced a bill to stop completely the immigration of Filipino laborers to the United States. My attention was immediately called to the fact that such a bill. if enacted into law. would apply to the Hawaiian Islands. as indeed it would have applied. I thereupon and without any hesitation amended my proposed bill to restrict Filipino immigration to continental United States. At the time. as I recall. there was quite a controversy over this matter. in which my friend from Connecticut joined with other Senators. I was then thinking. as I am now thinking. of continental United States. . The significance and the importance of the amendment proposed by my colleague is to be appreciated when we consider section 8. That section reads: SEc. 8. .(a) After the date of the inauguration of the government of the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands(1) For the purposes of the immigration act of 1917. the immigration act of 1924 (except section 13(c)). this section. and all other laws of the United States relating to the immigration. exclusion. or expulsion of aliens. citizens of the Philippine Islands who are not citizens of the United States shall be considered as if they were aliens. For such purposes the Philippine Islands shall be considered as a separate country and shall have for each fiscal year a quota of 100. This paragraph shall not apply to a person coming or seeking to come to the Territory of Hawaii who does not apply for and secure an immigration or passport visa.
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