Speech #740217155

This bill. H. R. 12083. would not only prevent the employment of these aliens but provides for their immediate deportation. If we have 10.000.000 people in America unemployed and almost 4.000.000 deportable aliens. it is obvious that if these aliens can be promptly deported. then the unemploymentrelief problem in our country would become negligible. I have also pending H. R. 7079. which would not only deport habitual aliens. habitual alien criminals. enemies of our Government. dope peddlers. alien smugglers. aliens carrying machine and sawedoff shotguns. as practically all racketeers and gangsters do. but it would further restrict immigration by reducing existing European quotas 75 percent and applying the quota system of restrictions to countries of this hemisphere. reserving 75 percent of those quotas for the very near relatives. such as aged parents and the like. of naturalized foreignborn and foreignborn residents lawfully in the United States able to support them. Daily aliens are entering illegally. The Immigration Service reports a 50percent increase in alien stowaways. deserting seamen. and the like over the previous year. and that alien smuggling is on the increaseboats. automobiles. and even a number of airplanes being apprehended smuggling aliens into our country. A current release of the Department of State on the immigration work of the Department calls attention to the startling facts that our consular offices report a waiting list of over a quarter million and that there are in 47 of the 68 European quota countries alone about 1.000.000 aliens desirous of coming to the United States. The last census reveals a large number of foreignborn over 14.000.000. a large foreignstock population. over 40.000.000. and aliens. over 6.000.000. What we need is an immigration holiday. and my bills enactment would give it to us by reducing existing quotas 75 percent. reserving them practically for parents and other near relatives. and extending quota restrictions to countries of this hemisphere whose immigrants are not now numerically limited and which countries absolutely exclude our nationals from entry for permanent residence or to work. We have over 10.000.000 unemployed and do not need and ought not to have the hundreds of alien skilled and unskilled workers and job hunters that are entering our country. We have too many unemployed as it is. without importing another one. Not only have we too many unemployed. but we have too many -applicants for relief. too many dependents. defectives. and delinquents without allowing another one to be imported. - Each country should care for its own unemployed and dependents. Charity should begin at home. Immigration should be further restricted and entirely suspended.