Speech #680051877

Ellis Island said they must not come inthey vere defective. Of 12.976 other aliens found to belong to the excluded classes by medical officers at Ellis Island. 12.305 were permitted to enter by direct order from Washingtonnearly 20.000 in all of the mandatorily excluded classes were permitted to enter the United States during the year. This same deplorable failure in the enforcement of the laws excluding inadmissible people is shown by the official reports of the Oommissioners General of Immigration. I insert tables made by me from the official tables covering the number of those classes admitted according to the showing made by the official reports during each of the last six fiscal years: Tables showing numbers and percentages ot aliens admitted and deported after certification by surgeons of the United States Health Service which examines immigrants as mentally and physically defective. far fiscal years ended June 90. 1918. 1919. 1920. 1921. 1922. and 1923. with illustrative 8pccifications covcring certain diseases and deTects among those certified. ApproxiImmigrants. Number. mate per cent. Certified as mentally and physically defective .............. 6.153 .......... Admitted of those certified as mentally and physically defective ................................................. 4. 558 74 Deported of those certified as mentally and physically defective ................................................ 1.95 26