Speech #680079792

Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. it seems to me that we are. applying a bad policy in bookkeeping in the issuance of certificates of arrival in the United States. Under the provisions of section 17. which you will find on page 24. it is provided that no certificate may be issued to any quota immigrant. no matter whether the certificate has been used up or not. In other words. for example. if Russia or Poland is entitled to 1.000 certificates a month. and 1.000 certificates were issued. and upon entrance at the port of arrival it was found that 15 or 20 or 50 or 100 out of the 1.000 certificates allotted under your quota law are turned back by deportation. you say under the provision of this law that the consul has no right to reissue any certificates to take the place of those canceled by reason of deportation during the fiscal year from the quota. Now. it miglht be more profitable to this country if we would allow the admission of them by reissuing the certificates and letting them come to this country. That does not increase the quota. It does not destroy the standards of your bill. but it simply means the substitution of one for another when one is returned by reason of some ailment or defect designated by our medical officers at the port of entry. and the same certificate which is canceled is reissued within the same number and within the same quota to some one that the consul might find as being fitted to come in under our immigration laws. Gentlemen. I think there will be no harm done if the consul has a right to reissue any certificatesI mean those which have been canceled by reason of deportationbecause it will not affect ihe quota in the slightest degree and it will not affect the mentality of those who seek admission to the United States. They will come under the same rule and regulation with regard to inspection and examination.