Speech #770057773

Mr. President. we have given much time and much thought to matters occurring upon foreign shoresto world conditionsbut. unfortunately for the 130.000.000 people constituting the population of the United States. we have neglected to make ourselves secure here at home for the present. and are neglecting to fortify ourselves against the enemies who are constantly seeping in from without. Before proceeding further. .I wish to sayand I say it without the slightest hesitationthat if I had my way about it at this hour I would today build a wall about the United States so high and so secure that not a single alien or foreign refugee from any country upon the face of the earth could possibly scale or ascend it. That brings me incidentally to mention. in passing. that I have pending before the Senate Committee on Immigration a bill which would prohibit the admission of a single alien to this country for the next 10 years. or until such time as every American citizen who is employable has been provided with employment. Unfortunately for the American people. according to my attitude. the bill has not been acted upon. Mr.