Mr. Chairman. does the gentleman realize that prior to 1906. aliens came in sometimes at the rate of 5.000 a day. so I am told? At that time they did not have to have passports so long as they had the necessary amount of head tax. or whatever it was called. and did not have trachoma. Fulfilling these two conditions. they came in legally and were registered. but their names were very difficult for the clerks to write and they put down names that sounded something like the true names. Those immigrants who have gone back to find records of their legal entry have not been able to find them.
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