Speech #740149932

Mr. Chairman. after a service of 6 years on the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. I believe my position is pretty well known by many of my colleagues. All of these years I have belonged to the bloc known as the "restrictionist bloc." Tonight I stand on that same bloc. This is another effort. couched in very splendid language. and in an unusually good atmosphere. to tear down and break down the immigration laws of our country. Almost every one of these aliens who came here slipped in. sneaked in. stole their way in. contrary to the laws of our Nation. They knew when they came here what the laws of our Nation were. but they slipped in. they stole their way in. Now we are asked tonight to make lawful that entry and place those men and women on a parity with the immigrant who came to American through our law and now abide by our law. There are about 15.000.000 people in the United States of foreign birth. A very large percentage of these foreigners are unnaturalizedforeigners. many of them breeding communism. breeding atheism. breeding all the "isms" it is possible for them to breed. contrary to the teachings and principles of the American Constitution. While those five or six million unnaturalized aliens are here. refusing to be naturalized. making all the trouble they can make. your Nation and mine is appropriating $4.880.000.000 to feed Americans who are unemployed. Where is the consistency of voting a resolution giving approval to Illegal alien entrance when your own American citizens are wanting employment and being fed by your Government? Where is the consistency? Instead of making entrance of these aliens lawful. it is the duty of this Congress. as I see it. in the protection of American labor. in the protection of American institutions. to deport every deportable alien in our midst and give every position of employment to American citizens. My amendment to kill this resolution should be adopted. I urge you to vote with us for immigration restriction.