Further restrictions on immigration were advocated at the conventions of the American Federation of Labor and of the American Legion. James J. Davis, secretary of labor, addressing the convention of the American Federation of Labor, discussed the effect of immigration upon unemployment. He asserted that it had long been his opinion to adopt the selective system under which no unattached immigrant would be admitted to the United States except to meet the country’s actual need.
Mr. Davis declared that the American wage-earner was fully entitled to the protection such a system would afford.
The American Legion went on record as urging Congress to support such legislation as would make certain the effective enforcement of the immigration restriction act. The national legislative committee of the Legion was instructed to prepare a bill for adequate legislation for the apprehension, punishment and deportation of violators of the immigration laws.
The Legion also approved a resolution suggesting that the naturalization courts throughout the country be so organized and the naturalization proceedings be so carried out that greater dignity shall surround the process of naturalization.
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