I would say they were persons who had come in legally for temporary residence here only. and had not come here in the first instance as immigrants with the idea of later becoming citizens. Apparently the law has been so construed that people who could not come in under the immigration quota could come in under other provisions of the law with visas as students or visitors or transients passing through to Canada or some other country. No doubt the letter of the law in that respect as it applies to them may very well have been violated. Nevertheless. they are in. at least from their own point of view. they are in the United States legally under proper provisions of the immigration laws.
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