It is claimed that less than 5.000 foreignborn members of the Communist Party. through these foreignlanguage bureaus. control organizations with a membership of over 79.000. It is also reported that there are some 200.000 individuals connected with these foreignlanguage � groups who are more or less in sympathy with the communist movement. Officials of the Department of Labor. when they came before our committee. testified that there is nothing in our immigration laws excluding a communist. as such. In other words. if an alien. coming to this country. admits he is a communist. they say there is nothing in our immigration laws to stop him from coming in. and that the only way the Government of the United States may prevent him from entering is for our consular officers to exercise greater care at the point of origin. This. however. in itself. is not sufficient. because it is almost impossible for our consular officers to know of the beliefs and affiliations of the many immigrants applying for admission to this country. I am firmly of the opinion that our immigration laws should be strengthened. so that no communist or any other alien who believes in the -principles of communism. would be permitted to enter the United States. By adding one word to our present immigration law. that is the word "communist " after the word " anarchist." it would prevent the entry of any alien communist to this country. I have introduced a bill for this purpose.
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Associating foreign-born individuals with communism and suggesting they are a threat to national security.