The second object of a proper immigration law ought to be to secure by a careful and not merely perfunctory educational test some intelligent capacity to appreciate American institutions and act sanely as American citizens.
Roosevelt believes that immigration laws should include educational tests to ensure immigrants can appreciate American institutions.
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