Speech #860004321

With with which private and commercial airthe U.S. price and rent control suits craft can cross our borders for the purdeducted in 1952 and 1953. which pose of illegally landing aliens in the amounted to 467 and 719. respectively. interior of the United States. Not only the district for the 10 years prior to 1956 does this constitute a security risk. but showed a surprisingly stable total of civil this means of smuggling socalled wetfilings around 2.000 annually with only backs into the United States poses a parminor variations. ticularly difficult enforcement problem The metropolitan character and other for the Attorney General of the United factors peculiar to the district leave their States. mark on the types of civil suits insti- Much progress has been made in retuted. As the largest railroad center of cent years toward reducing the numthe world. the district receives many ber of migrant workers entering the Federal Employers Liability Act cases. United States illegally. Enforcement of which have averaged about 100 per year existing statutes. together with certain for the last 10 years. Because of pecu- changes in organization. methods. and liarities in the law of criminal proce- techniques within the Immigration and dure in the State of Illinois. a great Naturalization Service of the Departmany habeas corpus cases have been ment of Justice have greatly contribfiled by State prisoners. A few years uted to this result. However. additional ago this district had more Federal ques- legislation is needed. and the bill I am tion habeas corpus cases than all other now proposing will constitute a further districts combined. For the last 3 years effective deterrent to the smuggling of they have averaged around 90 per year. aliens into the United States. In 1947. 238 were filed. Considerable As a separate penalty. in addition to patent litigation arises in this district. the fine and imprisonment prescribed cases of this nature have numbered be- by the Immigration and Nationality Act tween 50 and 75 yearly for the last 10 for unlawfully bringing aliens into this years. This gives each judge a patent country. the forfeiture of aircraft so used caseload 3 times greater than the aver- should be authorized. age for the 86 districts. There has been Under existing law. the owner or opa continued and steady increase in cases erator of an aircraft which violates desfiled under the diversityofcitizenship ignated sections of the immigration laws jurisdiction during the past 10 years. is subject to various administrative penContract and insurance actions. which alties. In addition. some sections of the numbered 119 in 1946. were 405 in 1956. Immigration and Nationality Act. for exSuits to recover damages due to injuries ample sections 257 and 271. provide that received in motorvehicle accidents rose the fine for violation shall be a lien upon from 85 in 1946 to 376 in 1956. Other the aircraft--or vesselwhich may be. types of personalinjury suits in the di- seized and proceeded against by way of versity category have risen from 95 to 270 libel. Section 239 of the Immigration during the same period. and Nationality Act permits the imposiA complete rdsumd of the business in tion of a $500 civil penalty against an this district is found in the "Statistics aircraft for certain violations. and auand Judicial Business of the U.S. District thorizes seizure of the aircraft to insure Court for the Northern District of Illi- payment of that penalty. The aircraft nois." as submitted to the Judiciary may be released. however. upon deposit Committee from the Statistical Division of a bond. conditioned upon payment of of the Administrative Office of the U.S. the fine.