The number which is now 2.862 was only about 1.500 1 year ago. when Mrs. ODAY. Representative from the State of New York. secured the passage of what was known as the ODay resolution. which for a period of 1 year. ending on March 1. 1936. prevented the deportation of about 1.500 or 2.000 aliens. But since the ODay resolution was introduced in the House of Representatives. the number of 1.500 or 2.000 aliens who were caught has been increased to 2.862. The 2.862. Mr. President. represents only a very small fraction of the aliens in America who entered the country illegally. and who have remained here since then in violation of the law. In other words. the number 2.862 represents only the aliens who entered illegally who have been caught by the Immigration Service of the Department of Labor. In furtherance of the statement I made a moment ago to the effect that the number of 2.862 represents only a fraction of the total number involved. I venture the assertion that there are in this country as a minimum no less than 1.000.000 aliens who have come in illegally. in violation of our immigration laws. I am glad to find sitting here with open ears and watching with anxious eyes none other than my distinguished colleague Hon. JAMZES J. DAVIS. of the State of Pennsylvania. who. I feel assured. will verify my statements. If any man in the United States knows and is familiar with the immigration and deportation laws of our country. my colleague from the State of Pennsylvania is that man. because under two Presidents he served as a Cabinet member in charge of the Department of Labor. during which many years of service to his Government and to his country he made a special study of immigration and deportation. and of the measures that have been enacted and that should be enacted for the protection of the American people who desire to preserve America for Americans. Sections 2. 3. and 4 of the bill if passed will make legal that which now is and for some time has been legal. Under sections 2. 3. and 4 the entry will be legalized of millions of aliens who are not now entitled to remain here because they slipped into our country in violation of its laws and remained here ever afterward.
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