Lee Pressman. written in 1939? I will not take time to read it all. He states: This bill would authorize the detention of any alien who has been ordered deported but who. through no fault of his own. is unable to secure a passport from the government of his native country. That is not what men of long experience in the Immigration Service tell me. They say that 9 out of 10 of the aliens covered by my bill remain here as a result of slipping a bribe to one of their local consular agents. or by collusion with their home governments. They remain here. mark you. in spite of a solemn warrant of deportation. duly made in conformity with our law. by our duly constituted immigration authorities. after full and fair hearings. in which they had the right to be represented by counsel of their own choosing. and to disprove by any evidence they could adduce the charges against them. The important ones. who have qualified as efficient propagandists for the overthrow by force and violence of our Government and for the establishment of some communistic or anarchistic heaven on earth. have made themselves so valuable to "red" Russia. for instance. that Russia will not receive them back but wishes to keep them here on the job. The unimportant onesthe small fryhave to go down and slip a Lundreddollar bill to some local consular agent of their foreign government and say: "Now. remember. this is not a bribe.
Identified stereotypes
Aliens bribe consular agents or collude with home governments to avoid deportation.