Speech #740017630

When they learn that you are an American. you are given to understand that their jobs are for their own nationals. As soon as the Seventythird Congress met 2 years ago. I introduced a bill to stop all immigration for 10 years. so as to give us time to assimilate our foreignborn naturalized citizens here before we allowed any more to come. and so that we could preserve American jobs for Americans. The bill went to the committee of which the gentleman from New York is chairman. and after I finally succeeded in getting hearings on it. the committee took a vote. and it was the vote of the chairman [Mr. DicKSTEIN] that kept the bill from being reported. If he had not cast his vote against reporting the bill. it would have been reported and passed by Congress. For I firmly believe. that whenever this House gets an opportunity to vote on such a bill. it will pass it by a tremendous majority. for I believe that a large majority of the Members of Congress. both House and Senate. are in favor of stopping all immigration for 10 years. and preserving American jobs for Americans. Is it not silly and nonsensical to have 12.000.000 Americans out of jobs. and cannot get jobs. and at the same time to have 20.000.000 aliens in the United States. and allow more of them each year to continue coming here. when Americals are in distress. and the Government is feeding and housing and supporting millions of them. Regardless of claims continually made to the contrary. but made by persons not in favor of stopping immigration. I have reliable information and statistics to show that there are now over 20.000.000 aliens in the United States. and that of these 20.000.000. there are at least 10.000.000 of these aliens who are here unlawfully. just as Bruno Hauptmann came here unlawfully. and stayed here unlawfully. and was here unlawfully when he committed the foulest and most dastardly crime ever known to civilization. and just as this infamous Bruno Hauptmann has continued to stay here unlawfully all during these expensive weeks of trial that has cost over $600.000. There are thousands of aliens just like Bruno Hauptmann here in the United States now. unlawfully. and we must pass legislation to make them all register. and find means of detecting them. and provide for their deportation. On the first day of this present session of Congress I again introduced a bill to stop all immigration to the United States for 10 years. It went to the committee of which my friend from New York is chairman. Why does he not report that bill?