President. a serious situation has developed which. I think. justifies the attention of Members of the Senate. Early In the session the senior Senator from Nevada . chairman of a subcommittee engaged in a comprehensive study of our entire immigration system. introduced a bill to strengthen the immigration laws with reference to the exclusion and deportation of subversive aliens. The bill was evolved after the subcommittee had accumulated extensive evidence which shows conclusively that the Communist apparatus in the United S&ates Is under the direction and control of foreign agents who have virtually free access to this country because of various loopholes in our present immigration laws and because of methods of administration of those laws. Anyone who is.familiar with these provisions of our laws will agree that through the years they have been subject to a number of exceptions and provisos which open a back door for the admission into the United States of agents of foreign powers who enjoy a practical immunity from our laws. The more one hears and learns in this field. the more inescapable becomes the conviction that our entire Immigration system and Its administration must be strengthened promptly if we are to protect ourselves against further infiltration of Communist agents. With the Judiciary Subcommittee engaged In hearings. study. and consideration of this grave subject matter. the Honorable Dean Acheson. Secretary of State. took official notice of the pendency of the bill and communicated his views to the committee.
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