Speech #810154699

I think that in considering whether we are to act now or are to delay action until a later date. we must also direct our attention to charges and allegations which assert that th. operation of certain aspects of the DP program have been shot through with fraud. and further. that it has operated as a serious threat to the security of the United States. Before we get too deeply involved in this. I should like to make what appears to me to be a significant comparison between the screening and security provisions of our ordinary immigration laws. and the screening and security provisions which apply to displaced persons. So far as ordinary immigrants are concerned. any alien entering this country must supply an affidavit of support. a visa. and his case is examined by Immigration and Naturalization Service inspectors. That is all that is involved in screening and checking an ordinary alien immigrant. Just what steps lie ahead of the displaced person seeking entrance to America? First. he must be cleared by the International Refugee Organization. This is an essential prerequisite. but it is only the fist step. In addition. representatives abroad of the Displaced Persons Commission conduct a complete investigation and case analysis. That investigation makes use of Army counterintelligence. of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. and of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. When this is completed. the entire file is turned over with all the investigative findings to the State Department consuls and to immigration inspectors. who then. independently. conduct their own investigation. The comparison between the security regulations for DPs and those of ordinary immigrants is. I think. striking indeed. We are infinitely more careful in the precautions which we have set up for DPs than we are in the operation of our normal immigration service. I should like to.quote another portion of the telegram sent me by Mr. Norris.