Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

No passport visa or transit certificate shall be granted to an alien whose entry would be contrary to the public safety.

Executive Order 7865—Documents Required of Aliens Entering the United States

04/11/1938

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The time has arrived for us to take further action to extend the frontiers of social progress.

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