Under adverse condition it is frequently the case that aliens resident within the country could better provide for themselves if living in their native country. and many seek an opportunity to return there. but they cannot provide their own passage money. This bill permits them to apply for removal. at Government expense and affords an opportunity for the Secretary of Labor to contract for their passage abroad at economical figures and by doing so relieve the overburdened taxpayers of this country of the continued support of these aliens who are now on public and private relief rolls and on workrelief rolls to the detriment of our own citizens who also need all the relief the Government can afford to extend to them. The Committee on Immigration and Naturalization feels that this bill. and also House Joint Resolution 71. are both economically and socially desirable at the present time and would be of tremendous benefit to everybody concerned. as well as to the several cities. towns. and communities where these unemployed and distressed aliens are now the subjects of private and public charity. For the information of the House I will say that just this month. when our committee held public hearings on these two measures. the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization appeared before the committee and stated the views of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Department of Labor. With regard to H. R. 3472.
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