Dawes. It carries this statement: " On June 30. 1923. there were on the books of the State hospitals for the insane 41.302 patients. of whom 10.440 are aliens. Thus. over 25 per cent of the total population of the civil State hospitals are aliens." Another excerpt from the report reads as follows: It is high time that the State of New York. which is the greatest sufferer by reason of this condition. as well as the entire country. should vigorously Insist upon the enactment of an immigration law not only defining what aliens shall not be admitted but also providing for effective administration and methods. particularly along the line of competent medical Inspection and examination. The welfare and the rights of the State and of the Nation should be conserved. and neither the greed of steamship companies nor the desire of properly excludable aliens should be allowed longer to sweep over or around our immigration safeguards. I quote from a statement made by the Interstate Conference on Immigration. held in NIew York City on October 24. 1923: The chairman discussed at length laxity of enforcement based on a study of the records and on personal observation. le stated that he had seen immigrants passed as mentally and physically fit to enter the United States at the rate of eight a minute. He cited the testimony of a reporter of the New York Tribune who had seen 540 aliens passed at that same rate. Passing to "bond cases" he said "that during the last fiscal year there were admitted under bond to the United States at Ellis Island 4.724 defective aliens who were excluded under the Immigration law." This means that a bond was given. frequently with a false surety. which can never be prosecuted. The records of the Federal Government show that 25 per cent of those bonds are violated. these cases are spread all over the United States. They land In New York Statethe Board of Charities takes care of them. the Commission for Mental Defectives. etc.. they get to the State of Washington. to Illinoisthey were admitted mandatorilyWashington.
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Aliens are overrepresented in state hospitals for the insane.