Speaker. the bill before us. H. R. 3070. proposes to change our immigration laws and grant a quota to China. This bill will permit a certain number of Chinese to come in every year and in due course become American citizens and it also permits Chinese to come in as merchants. students. and so forth. This changes our entire immigration laws as to approximately 1.000.000.000 people residing in the continent of Asia. If this measure becomes law then it is the first time we will have granted a quota and permit to become citizens the people from the continent of Asia. Persons appeared before the Committee on Immigration and urged that quotas be granted to other peoples such as the people of India. Korea. Burma. Indochina. the Malay Peninsula. and Tibet. All of these various people are supposed to be friendly to us as is China. I regret the question of changing our immigration laws has come up to be considered while we are in this great war struggle and 10.000.000 or more of American boys are away from home fighting in defense of our own country and to preserve our own liberties. Before the war is over perhaps more than 12.000.000 will be so engaged. This question should not have been brought up for consideration until after the war is over and our boys had returned to their homes.
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