Speech #680020216

Now. Professor Laughlin has made a report on this to show the kind of people we have here. You will note that the figures I have given you show practically 10 per cent of the population to be foreign born. So if you find 100 men in jail you would think that not over 10 were foreign born. I will read what the fact is: The percentage of alien stockthat is. the persons of foreign birth and those with one or both parents of foreign birthwho are found in custodial institutions by our present survey amounted to 44.9 per centof the whole institutional population. These persons are generally designated as foreign stock. On the same plan of reasoning we find that the foreign stock in State custodial institutionsexcluding municipal and private Institutions of all sortsis costing the several State governments 7.63 per cent of all of their expenditures for all purposes. I understand the city of New York. the city of my good friend Mr. LAGUARDIA. is now contemplating bringing a suit for the collection of millions of dollars against the United States Government for allowing so many aliens to come into the country who are entering charitable institutions of the State of New York. yet here we have the spectacle of people in New York urging the Immigration Committee. Members of Congress. to let more aliens into this country.