Now. the amendment which I have offered and which has carried provides that no alien who has violated the laws of this Nation in coming into this country shall be employed with any money provided for in this bill. How would this amendment operate?. In the first place. our immigration laws provide that every alien coming lawfully to the United States be given a certificate of arrival. He has that certificate or card of identification. If he wishes employment on any of the work provided for in this bill he may present his card to the contractor to show his lawful admission. President Hoover in his message to this Congress called attention to the fact that there are thousands of aliens unlawfully in this country. that this Congress should pass some law to help rid the Nation of the undesirable aliens. The amendment which I have offered would not only provide employment for Americans and the aliens lawfully here but will help carry into effect the ideas of the President. because it will assist in the ascertaining of the aliens unlawfully in the United States. I doubt if there is a Member of this Congress who is in favor of either admitting an alien contrary to our laws or permitting such alien to remain in this country.
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