Speech #740208384

That Executive order. as I understand it. is still in effect. Mr. President. from the table from which I have been reading it will be noted that prior to the World War deportations after entry amounted to 3.461 and 2.088 for the fiscal years ended June 30. 1913. and June 30. 1914. respectively. no part of which was during the war. and during those years. of those deported. only 551 and 862. respectively. were aliens of criminal and immoral classes. Immigration in both of these years was on a high level. Beginning in 1916. because of war conditions. deportation was suspended in a considerable number of cases. including for 3 years 294 of the criminal and immoral classes and 1.316 insane persons. There were also included some epileptic. feebleminded. and imbecile aliens not classified as insane. One of the most difficult problems after the close of the war was ridding the country of the insane and other mentally defective aliens. as well as those of the criminal and immoral classes. whose deportation was stayed. It will also be noted that during the fiscal years 1920 and 1921 there were deported 760 anarchists. and during 1921 the largest number of aliens of criminal and immoral classes theretofore deported in any one year of our history. amounting to 1.447. During the fiscal year 1921 immigration almost reached the million mark and indicated conclusively that. unless some restriction were placed upon numbers. all previous records of immigrants admitted would be broken in 1922 and subsequent years. I now desire to have placed in the RECORD the immigration and deportation figures from 1922 to 1935.