Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-04-03

who believe in or advocate the overthrow by force or violence of the government ol the United States or of all government or of forms of laws or the assassination oi public officials.
 In addition the federal statutes other than the immigration act make the propagation of the doctrine of anarchy an offense and the attempt to assassi- nate public officials of stated classes a capital crime. .,s
 The crimes that an alien may con- init after he lands in nowise affect his status before the immigration act. The laws of the several states are ade- quate to punish and restrain these crimes, and 1t is not the intention of the federal government to override or assume the functions of the state laws, which would be the case if the power of deportation were to supersede in such. Be that reasoning on the part of the makers of the law correct or in- correct, the law is absolute as stated, and there is therefore no power in the hands of the federal government under the immigration act to deport any alien 1 for crimes committed after entering the country. ..
 Recently I have extended my SUD- port to measure to have the period of limitation heightened beyond three years. Representative Bonnet of New York introduced bill making any alien criminal liable to deportation un- til he should have become naturaIized, but this bill failed to become law, I am sorry to say, though some of the | discussion it raised is certain to have an educational effect and to pave the way for further legislation that will be remedial to New York and other cities struggling to protect society from its enemies.
 It is extremely important that the police authorities of the big cities should not endeavor to relieve them selves from their due local responsibili- ties by turning to the federal govern ment in matters pertaining to aliens when the government has not the ju- risdiction. The interests of law and or der are harmed, reform is held back just so much, and the only benefit de- rived accrues to the officials who are able to lead the public to believe that if the government were not so slow to help them they could do much more.
 1 cannot here go into the details of certain new and important work that is being done to discover the criminal and anarchistic records of aliens con- ing to this country, for to do so would be to defeat the very purpose of our enlarged plans. The deportations last year were nearly 90 per cent more than in the fiscal year previous, and feel able to promise that the next an nual report of the commissioner of i'm migration will show remarkable per centage of increase.
 We unfortunately have 6,000 miles along our Canadian and Mexican bor- ders over which surreptitious entries are made. By having heavy force Of mounted guards we are making the best efforts possible under the circum- stances to guard these borders, and our vigilance has had an excellent practical as well as moral effect.
 I want to say clearly and emphatic ally that, while there is room in this country for every self respecting, able bodied and well minded alien who comes here to better his condition and to assume the responsibilities and du- ties of citizenship, there is no place here for the morally depraved, the criminal and those who are unable or unwilling to value and appreciate the benefits of free country, and no ef- forts should be spared to vigorously exclude the latter class. +
 Furthermore, so far as the power is vested in me, no stone will be left un- turned, and, with the intelligent CO., operation of the police authorities of New York with our immigration au- thorities there, we will make su- preme effort to clean out the infesta- tions of criminals of the city and vii cinity wherever such are brought to our attention and are found to come under the immigration law.
 While this may not affect the greater number of the criminals in general in the city, it is earnestly to be hoped that renewed energy will be exercised by local officials in seeing that the proper punishment under state laws is meted out to this criminal body which does not come legally under the juris diction of the federal government, be they native born or alien.
 am here to administer the law. and I will certainly administer all the law we have and ind means to make sure what more we need and put forth my best efforts to see my recommenda- tIons enacted. Then I will enforce those. As a last word, I urge the state and municipal authorities, not of New York alone, but of every city and sec ton affected by alien criminal condi- tions. to cooperate with the officials of the immigration department in the eradication of anarchy and the sup pression of crimes and criminal modes of life among those who have made this the country of their adoption.