I again want to thank the Senator for making the inquiry. because it has provided me with an opportunity to make explanation as to the situation we find at the present time. I wish to make a further statement for the benefit of Members of this honorable body and for the benefit of the representatives of the press. It having been admitted that this bill has nothing in the world to do with immigration. a fact which I hope will be made plain by the press throughout the country. because many people have obtained the impression that this is an immigration bill and a deportation bill for the benefit of the country and that I am fighting the bill. I advantage myself by taking this opportunity to say that I am opposing this bill because it does not strengthen the immigration laws. because it makes two holes in the cheese where one is now. and because it takes down the barriers of immigration and destroys the foundations which have been builded since Washington. in his inaugural address more than 140 years ago. interested himself in this subject. which has been one of the main questions before Congress for many. many years. So I would have it understood as being my opinion that the bill before the Senate today for consideration breaks down and destroys the barriers of immigration which have heretofore been raised. makes two holes where one now exists. and encourages aliens to plant themselves upon the fertile soil of America in violation of the laws of this country.
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