Speech #760213177

To resume where I left off: Among other things. we undertook to ascertain at that time how many aliens there were in the country. The hearings were printed and are available. If my memory is correct. there were 3.800.000 aliens known to be in the United States at the time. I mean the Commissioner of Immigration knew of that many being here. Of course. there was proof that there were perhaps a great many others here who had entered the United States unlawfully. and whose places of residence were not known. and who were not counted in the number of nearly 4.000.000 who were here. I think the aggregate number of unnaturalized persons known to be in the United States was about 3.800.000.