Speech #740235102

President. I am Indeed very happy to have the opportunity of continuing my address in regard to a question which holds the interest of the people of every one of the 48 States of the Union. Senators. yesterday afternoon. during a period of more than an hour. having been advised that officials of the Immigration Service would claim to the Members of the Senate and to the Members of the lower House of Congress that those 2.862 persons were persons of good character. I brought to the attention of the Senate transcripts of the records filed In the office of the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization. and I showed by the Departments own records that the aliens whom the officials would not deport. whom they themselves have violated the law In not deporting. were persons of bad character. I wish to say that I have brought this matter to the attention of the Senate for two reasons. The first reason is that my good friend who reported this measure stated that we were trying to deport 2.862 people of good character. and I am bringing the matter before the -Senate to show him the facts about the character of one of these 2.862 cases. I today stand upon the floor of the Senate and lay down again unhesitatingly. unblushingly. and unafraid the challenge I made on yesterday. when I said that any man in this body Is at liberty to take from the files of the Commissioner of Immigration and bring one case or a hundred cases to the floor of the Senate. and at the same time bring the briefs that were prepared by the Immigration and Naturalization Servicq which have deceived Senators. At this point I wish to remind the Members of this body that we are under no obligation to let anyone Into -this country. that the only reason why we have ever permitted any immigrants at all to come Into this country was that they might be a benefit to the country. Our Immigration laws are not made for the purpose of benefiting Immigrants but they are designed and passed for the purpose of benefiting our own country. I now ask Senators. Is this man George Grenter beneficially. contributing to the blood strain. to the upbuilding. to the development of their beloved America?