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Mr. President. I could never agree to permit the passage of sections 3. 4. and 5 of the pending bill. because those three sections really make this an importation bill and not a deportation bill. I made that statement yesterday on the floor of the Senate: and. since the Senator has been good enough to mention that aspect of the matter. I wish to go further in explanation and state to the Members of this body that if sections 3. 4. and 5 of the bill are enacted into law they will makethe bill an importation bill instead of a deportation bill. Those sections really provide for bringing in aliens instead of deporting them. If this bill Is passed as now proposed. it will keep here all those who are here. and all those whose stay is legalized under sections 3. 4. and 5--and the bill legalizes their stay herewill have the right and privilege. under the immigration laws of the country. of bringing in the members of their families who now are abroad. So. instead of closing the floodgates of immigration. we shall be opening them up. and if we pass the bill there will be such a flood of immigrants that the recent physical floods cannot be compared with the thousands upon thousands who will be permitted legally to come into this country. Unfortunately. very few persons understand anything about the KerrCoolidge bill. Most persons think it is an immigration bill. A great many persons think that all the individuals we are talking about here are persons of excellent character. as stated in the report in todays -newspaper.