Teddy Roosevelt: “The laws now existing for the exclusion of undesirable immigrants…”

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The laws now existing for the exclusion of undesirable immigrants should be strengthened.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt calls for stronger laws to prevent the entry of undesirable immigrants into the United States.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “The laws now existing for the exclusion of undesirable immigrants should be strengthened.”