Speech #810154759

Mr. President. the influx of vast numbers from Europe or any other part of the world is most certainly not the way to accomplish it. While I am on the subject of immigration. Mr. President. permit me to refresh the minds of the Senators as to the numbers of immigrants who have come into this country in the past three or four decades. Let me interpose to say that there are living in the United States today 1.000.000 to 5.000.000 persons who entered this country illegally. It is said we are not doing our part. During the war we brought in as refugees from Germany more than 300.000 persons. President Truman. by Presidential directive. brought in another 44.000 persons. Ninety thousand persons were later brought in. and 205.000 persons will be brought in during the 2year period under the law of 1948. The official records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service show that 8.795.386 alien immigrants came to our shores in the period 1901 to 1910. 5.735.811 in the period 1911 to 1920. 4.107.209 in the period 1921 to 1930. and 528.431 during the period 1931 to 1940. These figures do not include many thousands who came for temporary stay who refused to return to their former homes. nor does it include unknown thousands who entered the country illegally and have never been deported. Mr. President. the population of the United States as reported by the census of 1.900 was 75.994.575. representing an increase in the prior 10 years of 13.446.861.