During the course of the last fiscal year. 366.305 of these persons who are technically classed as nonimmigrants were admitted into the United States. This number is over 60 percent more than the number of nonimmigrants admitted into the United States in any previous year in the course of the last 40 years. I speak from the record when I say that an alarming number of these people who are admitted into the United States for temporary periods as nonimmigrants come for the purpose of evading our immigration laws. As chairman of the regular Immigration and Naturalization Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee. I have seen substantial evidence of this. because we already have a great number of private immigration bills which have been before our .subcommittee for the purpose of adjusting the immigration status of these people who are being admitted temporarily. but who. after they set foot on American soil. refuse to leave this country. As I have previously indicated in my remarks. there are among these nonimmigrants who have been admitted into the United States. thousands of displaced persons. I may say at this point that there have already been introduced in the Eightieth Congress more than 1.000 private bills for the purpose of adjusting the status of aliens. This number is over twice the number of such bills which were introduced in the Seventyninth Congress and over six times the number of such bills which were introduced in the Seventyeighth Congress. Moreover. more than 4.000 cases in which. deportation of aliens has.been suspended by the Attorney General. have already been referred to the Eightieth Congress as required by law. � These figures. Mr. President. will give some idea of how many people are coming into the country. and of the terrific problem facing our Immigration authorities.
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