In considering this number. Mr. President. no one has spoken about emigration. the numbers that leave our country. And historically approximately 30 percent of as many people who have left have come in. So when you talk about 425.000. probably the net figure is closer to 300.000 who stay in this country. new entrants or net new entrants each year. Even during the period of peak immigration. Mr. President. from 1908 to 1913. when each year over a million people came to this country. emigration averaged 32.1 percent of immigration. During that period of time we used to keep records and there was a commission and a report called "The Repatriation in American History." by Thomas Kessner. And during the highest time of our immigration. 32 percent of the number immigrating had emigrated and left our country. So that the net amount of immigration really is not the figure that is before us. I heard a Senator say that they are competing for Jobs in this country. I also want to add to that that they are the ultimate of consumers.
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