On demographics, Senator H. C. Lodge wrote,

“If we do not act, and act intelligently, we must be prepared for just such events as that at New Orleans [when eleven Italians were lynched]...breeding race antagonisms and national hostilities which never existed before, and which need never have an existence if we deal properly with this.”

In other words, diversity must be addressed seriously—addressed as a matter not just of race or ethnicity but every aspect of survival. Nationhood thrives through separation, the people are waiting to see if that will be achieved by deportation or wrought by death.