Yes. sir. Here at the Ellis Island station. for Instance. all the reduction of force that we could. make consequent upon the reduced number of immigrants would not alter the fact that we would have to maintain our buildings there. We have got to keep up the mechanical force there. and we have had several hundred aliens in detention that we have been unable to deport for the reason that we could not get them into Europe. They were criminals. prostitutes. pimps. and the most undesirable class of people you could find. and we did not want to release them here. even on. bond.
Identified stereotypes
Associating all detained aliens with criminality, prostitution, and being pimps.