No one wants anything to happen that would cause a serious impact on this country. There are many ways in which immigrants can bo properly excluded. I read a list of 18 reasons which are invoked continuously for the legal exclusion of immigrants who have applied for admission. But I wonder whether the Senator from Rhode Island was on the floor this morning when I gave some figures with regard to immigration. I pointed out that the law provides for onesixth of 1 percent. which would mean that before our population could increase as much as 5 percent it would take 30 yearsa complete generation. In speaking of immigration in this connection I am referring. of course. to immigration from Europe and from Asia. It is something which is not understood. but it is a fact. in theory. at least. that immigration from South America. or from the other independent countries in the Western Hemisphere. is without limit. Millions of people could have come in. but they have not. because such people are carefully screened with regard to their ability to make a livelihood. They are screened with regard to their health.
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