If this proposed law should be passed by Congress the
exclusion of Italian criminals would be almost automatic. But
if it or some similar provisions fails to become law, it is
not too much to say that we may well anticipate a Camorra of
some sort in every locality in our country having a large
Italian population. Yet government moves slowly, and action
halts while diplomacy sagely shakes its head over the official
cigarette.
A bill amending the present law to this effect has received
the enthusiastic approval of the immigration authorities and
of the President. At first the Italian officials here and
abroad expressed themselves as heartily in sympathy with this
proposed addition to the excluded classes; but, once the bill
was drawn and submitted to Congress, some of these same
officials entered violent protests against it, on the ground
that such a provision discriminated unfairly against Italy and
the other countries issuing such certificates. The result of
this has been to delay all action on the bill which is now
being held in committee.
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