His zeal was so great that many people believed it to be a kind of persecution. It is not likely. therefore. that Secretary Doak would understate the case. Now. if you examine Senate Document No. 257. third session of the Seventyfirst Congress. you will find a letter written by Secretary Doak to the Secretary of the United States Senate to the effect that in his opinion there were not to exceed 400.000 aliens here who were without proper certificates of arrival or registration cards and who could therefore be classified as illegal entrants. --He estimated also that of that number. not to exceed 100.000 were deportable as being unlawfully here. If from that estimate there is deducted the number who have been deported since that time and the number who are selfsustaining. the problem of relief to aliens who are unlawfully here appears to be greatly magnified. Fourth. the question of whether an alien is illegally in this country is always a matter of controversy. The Immigration laws. for one thing. are rather confusing. Through the years they have been patched up with liberalizing or restricting amendments to the point where a vast amount of data and dates and laws and regulations must be examined before the matter can be determined. By the time that the status of many aliens alleged to be illegal entrants and on relief is determined. the need for relief may be over.
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