Speech #740073477

I am perfectly willing that special bills shall be passed granting clemency. But I am not willing that discretionary power shall be vested in some Secretary of Labor. who may not be sympathetic with restriction. to deport or not to deport as he or she sees fit. Not only must we permanently exclude new immigration from every country and deport the aliens unlawfully in our midst but we must go one step further. We must pass a law similar to that in force in all other enlightened nations that will make it impossible for any employer to employ any alien so long as American citizens are walking the streets in search for jobs. If the 3.500.000 aliens in our midst are deported and newseed immigration permanently excluded and every job given to Americans before any alien can be employed. the unemployment problem will be solved in the United States and there will be no need to appropriate billions of dollars out of the Treasury to furnish relief and work. This would constitute a major act of permanent recovery and would not violate the Constitution or constitute any departure from fundamental principles or the ancient landmarks of the fathers. I know that there are sentimentalists. internationalists. and some greedy employers in this country. and politicians kowtowing to alienminded voters. who will denounce this program as unAmerican.