Mr. Davis has a most excellent record as Secretary of Labor. serving under three Presidents in that officea record never before achieved. The Secretary came to the United States as an immigrant boy. and as a naturalized citizen has done more for the foreign born here than any other person. In him the alien has a true friend. Mr. Davis would not advocate a measure which would not be of greatest benefit to the foreign born. The Secretary stands squarely back of the annual enrollment of the alien. Another President of the United States also advocated the registration of aliens. provided certain conditions existed in this country. In his annual message to the Sixtyninth Congress. first session. In 1925. President Coolidge. in referring to immigration. advised Congress: While our country numbers among Its best citizens many of those of foreign birth. yet those who now enter in violation of our laws by that act thereby place themselves in a class of undesirables. If investigation reveals any considerable number coming here in defiance of our Immigration restriction. it will undoubtedly create the necessity of registering all aliens. Let us apply the rule of Calvin Coolidge to the condition existing here in the United States. Alien smuggling has been a most serious impediment to the enforcement of our immigration laws since the enactment of the first Chinese exclusion ot. With the development of our general restrictive immigration policy. the practice of smuggling aliens. or their own surreptitious entrance. into the United States spread to the nationals of other countries. Aliens who are not admissible under the law because of physical. mental. or moral unfitness. as well as those excluded solely by the quota restriction. are smuggled across the borders or into our seaports. We have 6.000 miles of land boundaries. Secretary Davis. in his annual report. states that 50.000.000 persons cross and recross the land borders each year. of which 30.000.000 are aliens. arid that 1.000.000 seamen come to our shores each year.
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Aliens who are not admissible under the law because of physical. mental. or moral unfitness.