The Senator from West Virginia is deserving of commendation for his solicitude In behalf of the integrity of our immigration laws. During the war many hundreds of thousands of alien refugees entered the United States in violation of our immigration laws. and little if anything was done to apprehend them. Only a few days ago there appiared an article in one of the local daily newspapers from which I. quote: Estimates of illegal entries range from 500.000 to almost a million a year. Even half of the lowest estimate would be considerably higher than the current annual rate of 138.000 legal immigrants. Attorney General Clark estimated last year that Illegal alien entries totaled 2.000 daily. with only half of these persons apprehended by the Government. � It is apparent that. although fighting ceased almost 2 years ago. aliens are still entering our . country. and the Department of Justice faces a serious challenge in attempting to meet that situation. I am in complete accord with the Senator from West Virginia that we should demand the right for the Congress to determine whether these alien refugees should enter our country. and we should make no concessions. under the terms of the proposed legislation currently before this body. which would in any degree deprive Congress of its authority. I sincerely trust that the Senator will continue to defend the position he has taken. because in doing so he will render outstanding service to the Nation.
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