Speech #880197577

And I challenge the State Department or any other Government agency to give me the whereabouts of all of these defectors--or to come before a congressional committee and swear that none has returned to the United States. Like Oswald. one of the more than 200 U.S. "defectors" or "turncoats" now roaming the world could be waiting high in some building planning to repeat the terrible tragedy of Dallas by gunning down our President or other high officials during the coming political campaign. As chairman of the House Subcommittee on Immigration. I have tried to gather information so Congress can act wisely in passing meaningful immigration legislation this year. which carries the needed safeguards to protect our countrys security. I have taxed the staff of the House Subcommittee on Immigration and Nationality to the limits of their abilities and have not even scratched the surface of the problems. For example. our investigations on the Cuban refugee problem and the treatment of U.S. nationals in the Soviet Union involved in United StatesRussian cultural exchange programs. have produced startling information. indicating the need for certain changes in both policy and the law. Much more in both fields must be doneand to give the subcommittee staff an additional workload. with its regular duties. would not produce the certain and definitive results that are needed. The review of immigration policy and implementation of that policy is one of the biggest Jobs facing this Congress. What is needed is Senate cooperation. which we now have. to use the powers that already exist by law in the Joint Committee on Immigration and Nationality Policy. to go thoroughly into all of these facets of policy. This can only be done by giving the joint committee the funds and staff needed to do the Job. The request for $160.000 is very modest in light of the job that must be done. but I promise you that members of that joint committee will do the Job. Let me tell you today that there is strong circumstantial evidence that one part of the underworld in this country is working hand and glove with members of the international Communist conspiracy. These two forces for evil are working together in bringing unsavory persons in and out of our country in violation of the immigration laws and in the transportation of money to and from the United States for safekeeping abroad. To air and publicize this full danger to our security. Congress must use its best resource. which in this case is the Joint Committee on Immigration and Nationality Policy. which by law has jurisdiction over these matters. In making this review. the joint committee pledges to cooperate and exchange information with every pertinent committee of Congress and with every Member of Congress. It is time we all Joined together to act--to act together to bring about a meaningful immigration policy and supporting laws. To do this we must know firsthand what our present immigration policy really is. what laws must be enacted to give us the kind of immigration program that serves best the interests of all the people of our country.