Speech #740229401

Mr. President. I have here five statistical tables compiled from the annual reports of the present Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization and his predecessors. and I ask to have them printed in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD at this point. because of the studied. erroneous. and misleading statements of the present Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization last Monday in an Thursday. May 28. in which he says we have no immigration or alien problem and that public men who say we have are merely "playing politics." The first two tables. A and B. compiled. as I said. from the annual reports of the Commissioner. reveal that during the first 10 years of the 1924 Quota Restriction Act. 192535. 3.687.547 aliens of all classes entered the United States lawfully. that our immigration officers actually counted the noses of 3.687.547 aliens entering our country legally. Doubtless. judging by the large number of highpowered autos. speed boats. and airplanes seized smuggling aliens in. as many more millions must have entered illegally. The second pair of tables. C and D. likewise compiled from the same official sources. show that during the past 5 fiscal years. 1931 to 1935. inclusive. 949.903 aliens of all classes entered the United State legally. No one knows how many aliens left the country. No immigration official is charged with counting aliens departing. except the aliens mandatorily deported. All we know about alien departures. other than alien deportees. is what the j � A ................ TABLE A.-Aliens admitted to the United States under the provisions of the Immigration Act of 19.4 from 1925 to 19.5 [Compiled from the annual reports of the Commissioner General of Immigration and from figures furnished by the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization] 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 10year total Quota Immigrants- ---------------------------- 145.971 157.432 158.070 153. 231 146. 918 141. 497 54. 118 12.983 8. 220 12. 483 990. 923 Nonquota immigrants -------------------------------- 2o. 912 249. 916 284. 227 247. 768 232.435 198. 004 132. 688 88.064 78. 210 72. 986 1.835.210 (a) Residents returning from visit ..-------------- 64. 632 83. 754 95. 910 94. 1502 101.007 99.154 91. 442 67. 057 62. 610 55. 169 815. 237 (b) New immigrants ---------- --------------186.280 16.162 188.317 153. 25 131.428 98.850 41.246 21.007 18. 600 17.817 1.019.973 i. Relatives of citizens ---------------------- 7.217 11.154 18.505 25. 761 30.313 32. 105 17.264 9.490 6.658 7.891 166. 358 ii. Natives of nonquots countries I .......--- 175. 865 151.454 159. 735 124. 122 97. 785 63. 404 21.375 9. 401 7. 549 8. 237 818. 987 iII.