Speech #740077885

But surely that was not the purpose of the objection in the mind of my good friend. He objected to it because I was the author of the resolution. He objected to it because he. for some reason or other. does not seem to agree with some of my policies on immigration. He objected to it because he has a bill before my committee. Under his bill he wants to suspend all immigration for 10 years. Now. that would not be so bad. but under that bill he would almost prevent diplomats coming into this country. It would place a big fence around the United States. It would stop everybody going and coming. This country would violate treaties with other countries dealing with immigration. That bill is a blanket indictment to close the doors for 10 years. without even making an exception to allow the child of an American citizen or the wife of an American citizen to join the father or husband in the United States.