Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-13
DOAK HITS RACKETEERS
WHO PREY UPON ALIENS
Secretary of Labor, in Forum Talk,
Advises Foreign Born to Appeal
Directly TO Him.

cash. The employe advised him that
he did not have the sum required,
whereupon the man who was RESPONSE
BILE for his illegal entry said, UNLESS
you, give me the sum REQUIRED will re-
port you to the immigration authori-
ties" Upon the aliens declination to
pay the sum he did so report him.
We have found in number of cases
similar to this one that large sums were
extorted from aliens reported to be
illegally admit ed. and that these
racketeers have continued to extort
from these same aliens large sums with
the threat that if they did not pay they
would expose them to the immigration
authorities. The victims actually have
paid large sums from time to time.
thereby contributing largely to these
racketeers. Our investigators have dis
closed in many instances where eXtor-
ton had been resorted to that the peo-
pie from whom the money had been
taken were exceedingly poor. AS the
price for these illegal aliens to remain
here, these racketeers have taken from
them everything they have made since
they landed on our shores.
FOrgers Struggled In.
had brought to my attention
shortly after 1 had become Secretary
of Labor a case in which a family
came to this country. approximately 20
years ago, leaving in the homeland one
member of the family. a son. At later
time sum OF $4,000 was paid to a
certain attorney to get this son into
the United States. Instead of trying
to bring him in here legally and prop
erly. the attorney endeaVored to SNUG
gle him through several ports and was
caught in each instance. thereby for
ever debarring the boy from entering
this country. In the meantime the
boys mother was dying. and member
of Congress came to me in this
case, asking that the son be permitted
to see his mother before she died and
forthwith l admitted him under bond.
In this case the savings of substan-
TALLY two decades were extorted from
this poor family of immigrants by an
INSCRIPTIONS attorney.
The American Express Co. recently
issued a warning against. and offered
a reward for the apprehension of. Is
criminal aliens charged with being In
ternational forgers and specializing in
manipulating letters of credit. Our in
vestigation disclosed that IL of these
IS criminal aliens were Smuggled into
the United States bv one of the agents
now under arrest. Eight of those alien
criminals are still at large and are be-
ing sought by the Department of La
Dor. Six of them have fled the coun-
try, and the seventh is serving 10 years
in prison and will be deported after
serving his term.
To show further tn what extent some
of these agencies will 60 let me cite
the case of a female alien who was
struggled into the United States some
six years ago. She entered into little
business which proved successful over a
period of six years. during which time
she contributed regularly to the agent
who brought her in. Finally, beco ming
desperate over the continual blackmal-
ing. and desiring to legalize her illegal
entry into the United States. she en-
tered into contract. on the advice OF
an attorney We now have under arrest.
and the smugger who brought her into
the United States. to accomplish a
legaliZation of her stay in the country
by marrying a man she had never seen
until she met him at the marriage
license bureau. With four letters of
personal introduction from a prominent
attorney in Washington, who Specializes
in immigration cases and who never
had seen her or the man she was to
marry, and crisp new marriage GER
tif1cate in hand. this happy couple pro-
ceeded to enter Canada, accompanied
on their bridal tour by the attorney and
the smuggler. No time was lost in re-
pairing to the American consul. where
a perfectly good non-quota immigration
visa was obtained for the bride by
which she was able legally to return to
the United States as the wife of an
American citizen. AS a reward to the
bridegroom for his part in this beauti-
ful romance he received an automobile
and the munificent sum of s45 in cash.
In passing may 1 say that our infor-
nation is that instead of permitting
the bridegroom to enjoy the automobile
on his brideless honeymoon uninter-
ruptedly the racketeers forced him to
use this same car to bring back to the
United States two undesirable aliens.
In the meantime, the disconsolate bride
returned to the United States. where
she likewise is enjoying her honey
moon alone