Speech #740127545

Again. aliens as well as citizens ought to know what the law is. instead of having to depend on the changing attitudes of changing administrative officers and their whims. prejudices. or views. The proposals in this bill are not new. Some years ago certain persons and organizations. more or less alien and internationalistically minded. that did not believe in immigration restriction or in alien deportations. came to the conclusion that the only way to repeal restriction and break down aliendeportation legislation was by the relatives relief and "brokenfamily" devices. In proof. let me read a communication. typical of their strategy. sent out from New York. which found its way into the CONGRESSIONAL RECOaD via California [reading]: "We are trying to locate every case in the United States wherein an alien has a wife. husband. son. daughter. father. mother. or other relative overseas. Thus we can overwhelm Congress with humaninterest stories in such tremendous volume. giving such exact details that we will break its will to hold the Immigration