Speech #810257240

Speaker. during the past few weeks the country has been shocked by the discovery of two major alien smuggling rings. This news would {?e a mtter of grave concern in normal imes. 6uh i the pree e r--0 gviet fifthcolumn infiltration. it is a matter of critical importance to the national security. The gathering war clouds resulting from the Communist aggression in Korea only serve to underline the threat to our national defense from the invasion of our borders by indeterminate numbers of illegal aliens. In view of the importance of this question. it is difficult for many of us to understand the almost complete lack of interest in the problem of illegal aliens which has been shown by the New Deal and the Fair Deal administration during the past 17 years. This problem is not a new one. It is. however. only since the rise of the New Deal that the infiltration of aliensesspecially those with subversive missions to performhas assumed major proportions. The record of the pre :ent administration in the enforcement of the immigrations laws is the most drab history of indifference toward the laws of the land that this Nation has ever seen. All of us are familiar with such glaring cases as that of the Eislerscases in which leading figures in the administration forced conscientious officers in our Immigration Service to violate the immigration laws for the sole purpose of allowing international Communist agents to get in this country. In my opinion. this is collusion in Washington to bring Communists in and keep them here. This is only a small part of the real problem we must face today. There are in this country an estimated four to five million illegal aliens. It is impossible for me to give the exact figures. because this information is not available. Even the Department of Justicewhich is charged by law with the enforcement of the immigration lawsdoes not know how many illegal aliens there are in the United States. An indication of the magnitude of this problem is given by the sworn testimony of a district director of immigration that there were 125.000 illegal aliens in the Detroit district alone. This district is in the industrial heart of the United States. It forges the muscle and sinews of our national prosperity and security. Imagine. if you can. the danger of this situation in the event of war with Soviet Russia. This problem must be solved because communism in the United States is an alien movement. its ideology is alien. its leadership is alien. and its membership is largely of alien origin. XCVI586 As pointed out in the recent report of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary relating to the immigration and naturalization systems of the United States: Communism is. of necessity. an allen force. It is inconceivable that the people of the United States would. of their own volition organize or become part of a conspiracy to destroy the free institutions to which generations of Americans have devoted themselves. * * * The Comintern realizes that it cannot rely on native Americans. Maurice Malkin. a former organizer of the Communist Party. himself testified before the same committee thatThe Com unlt -Party was orgnizd and has been led by allens since its inception In These facts are supported by the continued presence in this country of aliens of the Eisler type who have been sent here by the Kremlin for the purpose of controlling Communist subversive activity in this country. What has been done to solve the problem? As far as I have been able to determine. there has not been a single deportation of any alien for advocating overthrow of our Government by force and violencein other words. of a Communistin the past 10 years. In cases where public opinion has compelled the administration to act. alien Communists have been given a gentle slap on the wrist and allowed to depart voluntarily or to escape like Gerhard Eisler. Even in the Eisler case efforts were made to have his sentence for contempt of Congress suspended in order to permit his voluntary departure.