We are further intensifying our problem. We are taking America away from the people who built it and made it great. The best proof that a nation can be ruined by unwise immigration policies is afforded by the history of Greece and Rome. which nations remained great and productive. and with a high state of civilization so long as there were fullblooded Greeks and Romans to carry on their civilization. But they rapidly deteriorated when unwise immigration policies resulted in intermarriage with other races. Mr. President. I believe that this is a question which should receive the very serious attention of the Congress. I should like to read from a report of the House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. in 1924. The report accompanied the bill which now constitutes our present National Origins Act. I quote from the report: Since it is an axiom of political science that a government not imposed by external force is the visible expression of the ideals. standards. and social viewpoint of the people over which it rulesNo statement ever made was truer than that. A government not imposed by force from the outside expresses the ideals and traditions of the people over which it rules.
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Unwise immigration policies lead to intermarriage with other races and national deterioration.