He prepared and delivered it in such a way as to make it a classic. But I 6m sorry I cannot agree with him. He recited to you the history of immigration. Without being egotistical. may I say that I was a Member of this Congress and helped to write and to pass the legislation that is now the history and the story of immigration. Today I stand abashed to see this great structure. built up as it has been with the finest of purposes. with the finest of intentions. being employed for a purpose entirely different from that which was originally intended. Mr. Chairman. this is not an Immigration problem. This is purely a relief problem. It has no genuine immigration in it. What is an immigrant? An immigrant is one who comes to a country for the purpose of becoming a citizen of that country. An immigrant is not a person who has been brought into a country. The United States was the first country to develop the restriction of immigration as a national policy. Our country took the position that every country had the inherent right to determine who should be permitted to enter that country for residence and for citizenship. Our country has told the world that American residence and citizenship is a privilege and not a right.
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