Adequate means should be adopted, enforced by sufficient penalties, to compel steamship companies engaged in the passenger business to observe in good faith the law which forbids them to encourage or solicit immigration to the United States.
Roosevelt proposes penalties for shipping companies that violate immigration laws to ensure compliance.
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