Speech #770110975

If we follow what has been the unbroken rule of Congress we will not surrender to any alien who has not yet left his native land any right or privilege to invoke the jurisdiction of our courts or to compel the attention of a member of the Presidents Cabinet. to wit. the Attorney General. Let us permit the present law and regulations obtain. At present an alien who is yet in his native land is given the privilege by our immigration officials in foreign countries to make application to enter the United States. His application is acted upon and he is examined and his record is investigated thoroughly. If he is an undesirable such as is referred to in this section he is denied admission. Why then give him the right to claim the attention of the Attorney General or the right to get into our courts. If we need to have our Consular Service to be more strict in this respect all that is needed is for the President to issue an Executive order to that effect. Our foreign immigration authorities are a thousand times more strict now in some respects than they were when I came to Congress. and this is due to the Executive orders of President Hoover which orders President Roosevelt has kept in force in many respects. I think we are making a tremendous mistake to open the doors in this way. Section 301 should go out.