The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-28
By KARL REEVE.
editor, Labor Defender)

THE United States government is
taking all possible measures to
further restrict immigration, to make
easier the deportation of foreign
born workers, and to hold the threat
of deportation over the foreign
born workers who take part in work
ing class activity. The numerous
bills now before congress, the de-
cisions of the supreme court with
regard to immigration and deporta-
ton, and the increased activity of
the American Legion and other re-
dictionary organizations, prove the
government is rapidly preparing for
the entry of the United States into
new imperialist war. These ser1-
Gus attacks on the foreign-born
workers are part of the general
war preparations.
The house of Representatives has
already passed the new deportation
bill introduced by Albert Johnson,
chairman of the immigration COM
1nittee. This bill extends greatly the
grounds for deportation and removes
the time limit of five years within
which an alien illegally in this coun-
try can be deported. The Johnson
bill, which is an even more drastic
substitute for Senate Bill No. 1904,
provides that all foreign-born who
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other alien liable to deportation, or
any alien who assists other aliens to
enter the United States unlawfully,
or any alien convicted of any Of
tense within ten years after entry,
may be deported Immediately. The
bill makes illegal entry to the United
States crime, and imposes a pen
atty of one year Imprisonment, in
addition to a fine. The secretary OF
labor is given dictatorial powers to
decide whether or not foreign-born
workers charged with violating this
bill are to be deported.
Compulsory Volunteers.
The johnson bill is submitted in
addition to the general bill for the
'revision of immigration restriction
rules, and another bill which permits
a system of registration of aliens
at the port of entry on voluntary"
at the port of entry on voluntary"
basis is the entering wedge for the
forcible registration, finger printing
and the espionage system against
foreign-born workers. The deporta-
ton bill provides that upon the de-
cision Of the secretary of labor, that
an alien is an undesirable citizen,
the alien shall be deported. Those
who may be deported include VIOLA
tors of the drug and narcotic act,
persons who have been sentenced to
one year or more of imprisonment
for carrying any concealed weapon
or bomb, and persons who hereafter
wilfully enter the United States. IL
legally or violate any immigration
IL. The language of the bill is
vague and allows wide Interpretation.
Means Espionage.
Senator King of Utah, a member
of the senate immigration commit
tee, stated: 81 am opposed to the
johnson bill in its present form. I
am opposed to the application in the
United States of the espionage sys-
tenn which has prevailed in the mon
archical countries of Europe" Even
the bourgeois Senator King pointed
out the fact that this bill which has
now passed the house, means es-
pionage practiced against the 10
million foreign-born workers resid-
ing in this country. Still another
measure which radically revises the
immigration laws and which gives
the government a further hold upon
the foreign-born workers, is the plan
to enact the National Origin basis
for immigration quotas. This means
that the immigration quotas will be
fixed on the basis Of the American
population as It was in 1890, and in
effect reduces the quota on great
many nationalities. For example,
the number Of Germans allowed to