Speech #760168811

I claim that there are about 5.000.000 aliens in the United States. Recently I observed in the columns of the Chicago Tribune an article purporting to be a statement by Representative DIES. the chairman of the special committee in the House. to the effect that there are 7.000.000 aliens in the United States. The Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization recently released. according to my recollection. a statement to the effect that there are only about 3.826.000 aliens in the United States. but. of course. he had in mind only the aliens who came here legally. I claim that there are in this country a million or more aliens who came here illegally. Therefore. I say there are 5.000.000 aliens in the United States. Representative DIES says there are 7.000.000 here. The Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization of the Department of Labor asserts that there are only 3.826.000 aliens who are here legally. We should all like to know how many there are. The American people are entitled to know how many aliens they are supporting with their money.