Speech #800198428

Chairman. I have stated a number of times that I would support this bill. as I feel most of the Members of the House will. However. a bill which is designed to admit into this country 200.000 immigrants. whom we all hope will make good Americans and produce more good Americans in the generations to come. depends upon one thing. and that is how the law is carried out. how they are screened. If I understand the bill. it will bar any person who is a Communist. who is a Nazi. who is a Fascist. who is diseased with some disease that cannot be cured or has some mental aberration which would make him a liability on this country. I would like to say. not only for myself and the committee of which I am a member. but for the future sessions of Congress. that how these people are selected and how they are screened is going to be very carefully watched by all Members of Congress. both of the minority and the majority. In answer to some of those who have made the plea that we have no place to put them. that there are not enough homes in the country for those who live here. for the GIs who have married and now have children and who must live with their relatives or inlaws. I would like to say this: If the President. who has publicly stated that this Congress should be defeated. if the President of the United States would order his Attorney General. who is the chief officer in charge of immigration and naturalization affairs in the United States. to pick up and arrest and try and deport some 855.000 people who are in this country illegally and should be deported. regardless of whether they are good or bad people. there would be plenty of room for these immigrants. This is a Nation created and opdrated by law. According to the best estimates that can be made by those who are skilled in these matters. there are some 20.000 people in this country now who are Communists. who are Fascists. who are Nazis. who are criminals or who have some mental difficulty.