Regardless of the number. the problem presented is enormous. and the danger to our Institutions Is real. These aliens illegally In the country are divided into several clessesthose Illegally here because at the time of their entry they were not entitled to enter the United States. which include those entering surreptitiously. those securing entry by means of false and misleading statements. and those who arrived as seamen and deserted their vessels or were discharged at the port of arrival and abandoned their calling. and those who were originally lawfully admitted. but have since become public charges. or have been sentenced for the commission of one or more crimes involving moral turpitude. or have done other things in violation of our hospitality. Among many other bad things about the conference report it gives the privilege of reentering to the hosts of its beneficiaries though the majority of them have entered illegally. it gives them the privilege of becoming citizens and confers on them the privilege of bringing a host of near relatives as nonquota immigrants. The extent of the injury done. of course. depends in part upon the number to be pardoned and naturalized and the number of new immigrants to be brought in under the legislation. A little less than five years after June 3. 1921. Commissioner General Hull testified as follows:
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