It will be seen from the foregoing that. if it were not necessary by reason of the action of this country in granting independence to the Philippines to change the status of Filipinos in Hawaii from that of "nationals" to that of "aliens." said "aliens" would constitute well under 10 percent of the total population of the Territory of Hawaii. The addition of the Filipinos to the figures only brings the number of aliens to approximately 15 percent. This number is continually declining and not increasing as Hawaii is subject to the same restrictions under the immigration laws as is the rest of the country and. in fact. strongly favors them. We of Hawaii believe that these restrictions should be removed in order to more closely integrate life of the Territory with that of the rest of the country. Our people have borne all financial responsibilities of the people of the States since 1900 and pay taxes to the Federal Government on the same basis as do the people of the States.
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