Speech #810322129

That is not correct. of course. The bill will permit Communists to enter the country. so long as they come here for diplomatic business. and so long as they confine themselves to the usual and reasonable activities of a diplomat. What the bill will do. which is not possible under present law. is to permit the deportation of a Communist who comes here under diplomatic or semidiplomatic status and then uses that status as a screen behind which to carry on subversive activity. I point out to the Senate that under long and established international relationships there are ample precedents for the ejection from a country of aliens in diplomatic status who are declared to be persona non grata by the receiving country. but apparently this practice has been overlooked in certain quarters by those who are fearful that the Kremlin might take offense if we do not open our doers to the promiscuous entry into this country of spies and saboteurs who mask under the guise of official status. In passing may I say. with reference to this provision. that in view of the power of the President under section 3 of article 2 of the Constitution to "receive Ambassadors and other public ministers." the bill provides that with reference to these officials the exclusion and deportation shall be pursuant to such rules and regulations as the President may deem to be necessary. but with reference to other aliens in diplomatic status the exclusion and deportation would be handled by the regular immigration authorities. The second provision of this segment of the bill supplements the provisions of the present law which require the exclusion and deportation of aliens who advocate the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force and violence. By providing for the exclusion and deportation of members of those Communist political organizations and Communistfront organizations which would be required to register under other provisions of the bill. as well as members of other totalitarian parties. the present law would be strengthened in conformity with the overall objective of the legislation to recognize the undeniable fact that the Communist movement is a conspiracy to overthrow the Government by force and violence. and that this country shall no longer receive aliens who are imbued with a philosophy inimical to our democratic system. As I stated in my general remarks with respect to this segment of the bill. aliens in diplomatic status would not ipso facto be excluded or deported under the bill because of membership in a Communist organization. Furthermore. aliens who were innocent dupes when they joined a Communistfront organization. as distinguished from a Communist political organization. would likewise not ipso facto be excluded or deported. The third provision of this segment of the bill is designed to assist in meeting the serious problem. to which I alluded earlier in my remarks. of consummating the deportation of aliens who have been found to be deportable but who cannot be deported because the countries from which they came refuse to accept the aliens back. This provision would enable the Attorney General to curtail immigration from those countries that refuse to accept back deportable aliens who were admitted to the United States upon the basis of documents issued by such countries and representing that the aliens were nationals. subjects or residents of such countries. I should like to point out that this provision has been carefully prepared so as to protect the status of aliens in the United States from the countries which might be affected by the provision. Likewise. the provision is designed to protect the status of aliens residing outside the countries which may be affected by the provision and who might be desirous of immigrating to the United States. There are two or three other minor provisions of this segment of the bill which I feel should be the object of some comment. Under the present law the Attorney General is vested with power to admit into the country aliens who are otherwise excludable if those aliens are returning residents of the United States.