Including 10.355.983 alien born. One thousand four hundred foreign language newspapers. printed in 40 different languages. foster the alien racial solidarity of these groups and set up barriers against Americanization by encouraging and perpetuating foreign customs and alien prejudices. A congressional survey of institutions for the care of feeblemlinded. insane. inebriates. criminals. chronically diseased in the United States discloses that while foreign born make up 14.7 per cent of our people. they furnish 20.63 per cent of the entire number of our criminals and social inadequates. Then. again. literacy -figures sio1w that 67 per cent of the total illiteracy in our cities is among foreign born. Mr. President. these facts impress ns with the gravity of the immigration problem. and stress the necessity of. an immediate and definite policy with respect to the alien who seeks admission to this country. It is distinctly an American problem. Mr.
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Foreign-born individuals are more likely to be criminals, social inadequates, and illiterate.