Mr. President. during the course of the last year and a half. a subcommittee of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary has been engaged in a comprehensive study of our entire immigration system. One facet of this study is an investigation of the entrance of subversives into this country. There is in the custody of the subcommittee evidence which establishes beyond a reasonable doubt that there is extensive subversive activity being carried on in this country ulder the active direction and leadership of agents of foreign countries. This evidence is extensive. conclusive. and alarming. These agents supply the lifeblood for subversive activity in the United States. Although our present immigration laws provide for the exclusion and deportation of certain types of dangerous and subversive aliens. through the years these provisions have been made subject to a number of exceptions and provisos which have opened a back door for the admission into the United States of agents of foreign powers who enjoy a practical immunity from our laws. The administration of the legal mandates has frequently been lax and indecisive. By default. additional avenues of entry have been provided for otherwise excludable aliens. Mr. President. this situation has been vastly complicated by the growth of numerous International organizations and commissions with headquarters or offices in this country. and the resultant groups of aliens that have been permitted to enter the United States. Our entire immigration system has been so weakened as to make it often Impossible for our country to protect its security in this black era of fifthcolumn infiltration and cold warfare with the ruthless masters of the Kremlin. We must make adequate provision to protect ourselves. We must bring our immigration system into line with the realities of Communist tactics. The time has long since passed when we can afford to open our borders indiscriminately to give unstinting hospitality to any person whose purpose. whose ideologic goal. is to overthrow our institutions and replace them with the evil oppression of totalitarianism. We can no longer entertain with lavish hospitality or with amused indifference the sworn enemies of the United States. I have just now introduced a bill to revise our immigration laws in such a way as to place in the hands of the Government adequate powers to cope with the fifthcolumn tactics of international communism. The purpose of this bill is to plug the loopholes of the present law. so that any alienand I emphasize the word "any"-who engages in espionage or other subversive activity must be excluded or deported. Let me emphasize in the beginning .that this legislation will not in any way curb the legitimate activities of anyone. whether he be an immigrant. a visitor. a diplomat. or a delegate to an international organization. The bill has only one purpose: to protect the people of the United States from any alien who abuses the traditional American hospitality by working for the overthrow of our Government. And.
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Generalizing that aliens are agents of foreign powers and pose a security threat.