May I say to the Senator from Illinois that after the passage of the restrictive act there were such violations by those who were bootlegging immigrants that we fined steamship companies many millions of dollars for bringing aliens into the country in violation of the law. I remember at that particular time aliens were bootlegged. not only by ships through the sea routes but by airplane. It was estimated at one time that a little Chinese girl could have been sold in Chinatown in San Francisco for $5.000 if she could get Into the country. It was a very lucrative business.
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