The situation is such that the gentleman will appreciate it as well as I do. Our immigration laws are complex. and they mesh and intermesh. and you can hardly offer an amendment to them without throwing some sections out of gear. I am thoroughly in favor of the underlying principles of the bill. but the United States has always been at a disadvantage in these immigration matters because we want to keep friendly relations with everyone. Other countries have a more uniform citizenship racially than we do. we must be more careful with our immigration policy. We never yet have taken an arbitrary stand before somebody else does. In our dealings with foreign people we cannot take as a criterion the policy that they employ toward us.
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