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Mr. Speaker. I rise at this time to discuss one of the most Important questions that confronts the American people todaythe proper solution of our immigration problem. Mr. Speaker. I realize that during the past month or so Members of Congress have received numerous inquiries with reference to the status of certain immigration bills now pending in the House or In the Senate. Particular reference is had. of course. to the two bills presenting the two schools of thought with reference to immigration in this country. Those two bills are the KerrCoolidge bill. socalled. and the. StarnesReynolds bill. socalled. The Members of the House will recall that in the closing days of the first session of the Seventyfourth Congress a resolution was passed. which. In effect. attempted to condone an open violation of the law by certain administrative officers of this country with reference to the lack of enforcement of the immigration laws of this Nation. The resolution requested the Secretary of Labor to furnish to the Congress on or before January 15. 1936. a list of the names. together with the full and complete file of each name and case and all facts pertaining to the same. with reference to the socalled hardship cases to be cared for or provided for under the KerrCoolidge bill if that bill should become a law. The House has taken no action in reference to the socalled KerrCoolidge bill.