If the gentleman will reflect a moment. he will know that the registration of aliens will not meet the cases of those who slip in by our guards or where there are no guards. The registration of aliens might enable us to keep up with lawless ones who entered with our knowledge. with those whohave entered illegally after their unlawful presence was discovered. but it will not reach the case of those seeking to come In unlawfully and undetected. and will not provide for the deportation of those who have come in unlawfully and have been detected. There are great numbers of aliens in the United States who are subject to deportation under the laws. and your bureau can not do it for lack of funds. That embarrassment has hampered the work of that bureau since I have been a Member of Congress. under the former administration and under this administration. While the registration which the gentleman suggests has had the attention and will continue to have the attention of the committee. it will not meet this question of their entering secretly and unlawfully or the case of our inability to deport them for lack of expense money provided for the purpose.
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