Speech #810322129

Mr. President. I invite the attention of the Senate to the third segment of the bill which consists of those provisions. with certain modifications. of the bill S. 1832 which I introduced to strengthen the provisions of existing law with respect to the exclusion and deportation of subversive aliens and which has already unanimously passed the Senate. Three principal objectives are sought to be accomplished by this segment of the bill S. 4037: First. to provide for the exclusion and deportation of all aliens. irrespective of their status if they seek entry to engage or engage after entry in activities endangering the public safety. Second. to provide for the exclusion and deportation of aliens who are members of Communist political organizations and Communist front organizations with two exceptions: First. aliens in a diplomatic status and Second. aliens who establish that they were innocent dupes when they joined a Communist front organization. Third. To invest the administrative authorities with power to curtail immigration from countries which refuse to accept back aliens. from those countries. who are found deportable. I have already recited to the Senate. not only in my remarks earlier today but on repeated occasions over the course of several months. the alarming facts respecting the infiltration into this country of Communist agents and other subversives. 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 the back door for the admission into the United States of agents of foreign powers who enjoy a practical immunity from our laws. The provisions of this segment of the bill which I shall now discuss in detail merely plug the loopholes of the immigration laws. This is accomplished by rewriting the act of October 16. 1918. which is the principal immigration law providing for the exclusion and deportation of subversives. I shall not burden the Senate with a recitation of the many provisions of the present law. but shall confine my comments to the additional provisions which would be incorporated in the present law by the bill. The first provision would require the exclusion and deportation of all aliens irrespective of their status if they seek entry to engage or engage after entry in activities endangering the public safety. The reason for this provision is that although the present law provides for the exclusion and deportation of such aliens. all officials of foreign governments. their suites. families. or guests. as well as others in diplomatic status are expressly exempted. May I emphasize that this provision of the bill will not in any sense interfere with normal legitimate diplomatic relationships between the United States and any country of the world. Neither will this provision ipso facto compel the exclusion or deportation of officials of foreign governments who are members of the Communist Party. but. Mr. President. in those cases in which aliens in diplomatic status seek to enter the United States to engage in or are caught engaging in espionage. sabotage. or other overt acts endangering the public safety. they will under this provision be subject to exclusion or deportation. I respectfully submit. Mr.