Speech #710175587

as follows: The Committee on Immigration. to whom was referred the bill to authorize the issuance of certificates of admission to aliens. and for other purposes. having had the same under consideration. reports it back to the Senate without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. The bill extends to alien residents the right to apply for a certificate -of admission if they so desire. and is the result of a demand on the part of alien residents for some document which they can present as evidence that they are legally resident here in the United States. It is purely a voluntary matter and not compulsory. The bill does not provide for registration. as no one can receive a card of identification under its provisions unless he Is already registered. There is now a register of every alien who is lawfully and regularly admitted to the United States. and since July 1. 1928. the Immigration Service has issued an engraved certificate of admission to all aliens entering the United States for permanent residence. The purpose of the bill is to provide similar identification for those alien residents who entered the country lawfully prior to July 1. 1928. Many letters have been received both in favor and In opposition to the bill.