I thank the Senator from Maine very much for his remark. I say to the Senator that year after year. for more than 5 years. I have introduced in the Senate bills providing for the deportation of alien criminals and undesirables. I have introduced bills along the lines mentioned in my discourse this afternoon. and I recall that I once discussed upzon the floor of the Senate more than 3.000 socalled hardship cases. cases relating to alien criminals who had been apprehended. who had been arrested. who were either in jail or out under bond. I tried my best to have them deported. and the laws under which they were arrested were sufficient for their immediate deportation. but the Secretary of Labor. Madam Perkins. who then had charge of the Immigration Service of the Government. refused to deport them. At that tim6 I went down to the files and brought to the Senate about 300 of the cases. and read them. Those persons were alien criminals in the country. .and if we had deported them then. they would not be here now. However. as I stated a moment agono doubt before the Senator came init Is almost too late now.
Identified stereotypes
Generalizing that aliens are criminals.