Speech #830110762

They worked in our industries and in our fields and later on they married girls and boys who were American citizens. Now they have families. Now recently the interpretation put on by the Naturalization and Immigration Department of the socalled WalterMcCarran Act has brought undue hardship to many of these families. and the wife or the husband has. in many instances. voluntarily reported that they are here illegally. and as the result of the interpretation of the law either the wife or the husband has been sent back into Mexico. has been deported. or is on the verge of deportation. When this occurs the wife and the children go on county relief of Los Angeles. and in my congressional district I have 50 families. women and children. who are now on relief at a cost of an average of $134 per family to the county of Los Angeles because the spouse has been deported and these people are without means of support. They are American citizens. the children are American citizens. They are without. means of support because the breadwinner has been deported. This does include people like that. Although they may not be from my district. we are now recognizing. from a compassionate and humanitarian standpoint. that the great kindness of the United States should be extended to these people. either because of compassionate reasons and to help their American citizen families. or because they are going to be deported to countries where they will be prosecuted and possibly killed if they do go back.