The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-15

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when we shipped EN- back to their
original home countries, said coun-
tries had no particular objections
to receiving EN- back again.
The situations entirely different
now.
nlustratively, assume the case OF
an anti-Communistic refugee from
Russia or an anti-Nazi refugee or a
poor, unfortunate Jew from Ger
many or an anti-Fascist refugee
from Italy.
In the FIRST place, we don't like to
deny the privilege OF asylum to
such an individual. In the second
place, Russia or Germany or Italy
may refuse to receive the unhappy
exile II we do return him. In the
third place, If Russia or Germany
or Italy does consent to receive
him, it may do so only because 1t
wants to murder him as soon as the
Communists, Nazis or Fascists get
their hands Of him. Naturally we
shy away from the idea Of deliver
ing him over to their unmerciful-
ness.
Or suppose the guy is a genuine
Ily bad citizen. His native land is
glad to be rid Of him. In that case
its inclination is to say to Uncle
Sam, you can't wish him back
onto us. You've got him. Keep
HIM" And, if he's such tough nut,
no other country's a bit likely to
accept him. So we're stuck with
him.
Thousands of Cases
II seems we have hard onto TO-
900 Of these chaps cases hanging
FIRE. Legally they're deportable, but
we either, can't deport EN- or we
hate to do it.
That's why Attorney General
Robert H. Jackson, who has the
problem to deal with, Is asking
congress to revise our immigration
law, to enable him to meet existing
conditions. They didn't prevail
when the law was passed. Since
then the development Of Commu-
nism, Nazi-ism and Fascism has
created EN-. and, of late, Of course
they've been accumulated by the
democratic-t otalitarian war.
Jackson favors legislation to let
mice, decent aliens in If they can
prove their responsibility. Even II
they snoop in Illegally, he wouldn't
lock EN- up, provided they're de-
serving" Instead, he'd parole 'em,
and finally he'd grant EN- citizen-
ship, if they stayed satisfactory.
But as for sure-enough undesir-
rables who ought to be deported
but can't be, because the countries
they came from won't re-admit
'em?
Jackson thinks these boys should
rbe incarcerated somewhere. pend
ing deportation whenever possible
which may be never He doesn't
believe they should be left knock
ing around the United States
maybe never getting into mischief,
but always liable to do so, as hint
led at by their past records!
And Jackson suggests the Gre
alton Of a government board to
classify aliens, as to decency and
indecency.
The nice ones would be admitted.
The comparatively nice ones,
sneaking in Illegally would be pa
rolled. Both classihcations, having
made good, would be eligible for
citizenship. But the identified
thugs, including miscellaneous to-
talitarian subverters Of Uncle
Sans government, would be in
termed, or some such thing (if ply
sically undeportable). without
waiting for 'em TO commit some
thing overt.
Labor Competition
In the early days Of our present
Immigration restrictions, the no
ton wasn't so much to keep out
alien criminals Though that was
a consideration aiso1 as it was to
exclude alien arrivals, in compeu-
ton with American labor.
II seemed 10 me at the time that
there was a bloWhole in this policy.