I thank the Senator very much. In regard to the number of persons coming to the United States. I desire to state that I intend to make inquiry likewise in regard to the tourist visas that are issued. I am wondering how many persons have entered this country in the past 5 years under tourist visas and how many have actually gone out again. Senators understand that ours is the only country upon the face of the earth that does not keep close tab upon foreigners coming to it. Ours. is the only one. We have the poorest immigration laws of any country in the world. There is one thing that I admire about Mexico. Mexico. just to the south of us. has some of the very finest immigration laws possessed by any country upon the face of the earth. and. by the way. I have suggested from time to time. in bills I have introduced here. that we should apply the quota system to the countries of Central and South America and the West Indies. The State Department. however. have said. "Oh. we ought not to do that." They have thrown up their hands in holy horror. They have said. "It will make them mad with us. We hale the friendly neighbor policy. the brotherly love policy." I wonder if the State Department knows that every one of the countries to the south of us has finer. better. stronger immigration laws than we have here in the United States. How could they get mad with us for passing laws protecting us in the same way that they have already passed laws to protect themselves? While I am on the subject of doctors and professional men. let me say. as the Senator knows. that the doctors all over the United States are having a hard time.
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