Speech #760053422

I rise to support H. R. 5643. in the earnest hope that it will pass by an overwhelming majority. The undesirable aliens covered by the provisions of this bill are the enemies of our country. I say this advisedly as a veteran of the World War. The aliens covered by this bill are the enemies of our country because they belong to classes which have declared war upon society. It is a preposterous fact that alien anarchists. Communists. and other foreigners engaged in predatory crime or the promotion of vice in the United States should be allowed at large. because. for one reason or another. obstacles are put in the way of their prompt deportation from the United States. The question. to my mind. is not arguable. The reasons for the passage of this bill are unanswerable. It is a regrettable fact that any part of letting loose undesirable aliens in the United States is directly chargeable to the present Secretary of Labor. It is my understanding that some 6.000 aliens mandatorily deportable under existing laws have been let loose in the community to roam at large under a suspension of the deportation warrants which had to be issued in accordance with the terms of our immigration laws. The report of this bill to the House says that 460 aliens are still living in America who during 1938 were adjudged unfit to remain here. and against whom. after due and proper procedure. solemn warrants of deportation were issued. That situation mocks the sovereignty of our Government. It is situations such as that which leaves it in the power of detestable dictators to jeer at democracies for their inability to defend themselves.