I think. that a great many people have come into the United States who had no purpose whatever to evade the law. They came for the purpose of becoming American citizens. men and women of character and courage and ability. but in many instances there was. perhaps. a technical violation of some regulation. under which they might be placed in the category of being among those who had entered into the United States. illegally. I have in mind a case where a man came into the United States. and five or six years after he had been here he was arrested for deportation.. The only ground upon which the authorities based their charge that he ought to be deported was that he had forgotten the name of the vessel upon which he came. He could not give that information. It took weeks and weeks to get the information as to the vessel on which he came. There are hundreds of cases where there have been slight violations or infractions of technical regulations of the department which placed those who came into the United States in the category of being illegal entrants into the United States. I think the department has been very vigilant. indeed. I have sometimes felt they have been too vigilant. and my attention has been challenged repeatedly to the cases of persons whom the department was seeking to deport who should not have been deported because they were not mala fide entrants into the United States but came in in good faith. It is true. however. that in various parts of the United States there are considerable numbers of people who came into the United States illegally. I have a bill now. which I hope to bring to the attention of the Senate within the next few days. which will prevent the coming into the United States of a large number of persons who are ineligible to citizenship and will result in the deportation of a large number who have illegally entered the United States. .Generally speaking. I think the Department of Labor has been efficient and has tried to enforce the law and to prevent people coming into the United States who. under the law. were not eligible to enter.
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