Young. Under date of March 13. 1934. the chairman of the Ellis Island committee. submitted to the Secretary of Labor. the report of the Ellis Island committee upon their researches and study of nearly 12 months of the intricate problems relating to the admission and treatment of aliens at Ellis Island and elsewhere. I submit that anyone who reads this 149page report will have a more intimate knowledge of the injustices. hardships. and inequities which the enforcement of our immigration laws inflict on human beings when the general subject of immigration is treated solely as a legal problem with a minimum consideration of the human problems involved. I consider this report of the Ellis Island committee a masterpiece of human understanding. and I wish thus publicly to acknowledge gratitude to the committee for their report and commendation for their unselfish. nonpartisan study of one of the greatest needs of presentday governmental activity. I just want to quote one or two paragraphs from this voluminous report which I believe may be considered as the key paragraphs: 1. The committee believes. however. that the family constitutes the foundation and strength of our society and that the right of husband and wife. parents and children to be united. cannot be disregarded. We are therefore recommending that proper provision be made for reuniting families. The problem of separated families has been an evil ever since the first quota law was passed in 1921. We believe the time has come to end It.
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