I want to disagree with the gentleman from Illinois that the present method ought to be changed. so far as the assistant secretary is concerned. Each of these cases concerns the future of at least one individual and frequently of an entire family. They deserve the attention of some man high in official position. and they are receiving the attention today either of the Secretary himself or the Assistant Secretary. The weak point in the Immigration Service is the board of special inquiry back at the port where the men. in my judgment. do not receive high enough pay to get the kind of men who ought to be there. and the Secretary and his assistant. exercising a discretion. also which the board of special inquiry has not. reverse substantially 40 per cent of the cases which come up to them. If it were not for the careful scrutiny given these cases. 40 per cent of the people who are detained would be sent back when. in the discretion or judgment of a high official. they ought to come in.
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