Speech #830245415

I should like to cite one instance which I think very clearly illustrates what has happened. This is a small item. but nonetheless it is significant as showing exactly what has been done. The 1954 appropriation for salaries and expenses of the Immigration and Naturalization Service was $42.250.000. The 1955 appropriation was $39 million. or a decrease of $3.250.000. The Senator from Illinois [Mr. DouaLAS]. the Senator from Minnesota . and I am sure many of my other colleagues. may remember that on the floor of the Senate I pointed out what would happen because of this decrease. and I pleaded for an additional $3.250.000. which would have brought the appropriation merely up to the point where it had been the year before. I pointed out that unless we made such an appropriation. the work of apprehending and deporting "wetbacks" illegally entering the United States would be impossible of consummation. But. no. it was maintained that all they wanted was $39 million. They had examined the situation carefully. and that $39 million was sufficient to take care of the needs.