Speech #740198843

At the last executive meeting. when the bill was prepared. one of the Senators present objected because he had an amendment which he proposed to offer. I shall not enter upon a discussion of that amendment. but it will be debated. no doubt. by the Senator who offered it. I do not know whether the Senator from Nebraska understood from what I said in the earlier part of my remarks that the pending bill is not an immigration bill. but that it has to do with the separation of families. with the deportation of alien criminals whom we do not desire to have in our country. and whose presence is a constant source of expense and trouble. When they commit crimes and are brought before the courts and convicted. if they cannot be deported they have to be supported in the jails. They are of no use. but are a menace. To the Bureau of Investigation in Washington 10.000 fingerprints of such aliens have been sent by chiefs of police and agencies in different cities. There are enough of our own citizens who do not act as they should act. without having our country compelled to support criminal aliens. In further explanation of the bill I desire to say that under the present law 1.700 alien criminals are deported annually. while 4.000 alien criminals. who are a danger and menace to the country. escape deportation every year.