The bill referred to by the Senator from Tennessee might not be applicable today. and it might not be feasible to pass the identical bill. but I cannot refrain from expressing my firm conviction that we shall not have taken complete steps to defend this country until we shall have passed some legislation which will require the registration of all aliens within our borders. I feel sure that the Committee on Immigration. which has had before it the bill on which the Senator from Tennessee worked so assiduously and so well. will report other legislation to the Senate before the Congress adjourns. because certainly we will not have any adequate means of national defense unless the Congress shall enact laws which will permit us to deal with potential enemies within the country. I feel that the Presidents Executive order transferring the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization to the Department of Justice is one of the most constructive steps ever taken to enable us to prepare to defend this Republic from any enemies which may assail it. We should enact a law which will help the Department of Justice keep constant check on all aliens.
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Aliens are potential enemies within the country.