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Letter to Editor
February 8, 1938
Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
What is this article about?
Letter urges stricter US immigration controls, criticizing lack of alien registration and deportation policies that allow influx of criminals and unemployables from abroad, referencing European examples. (187 characters)
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Letters To The Editor
EDITOR, POST-PRESS.
DEAR SIR:
Seeing your immigration story prompts asking: Why does the United States lag behind other progressive nations as to admission of aliens, also deportation of alien criminals, social inadequates?
It is notorious that, for decades, we built up gangster groups by permitting ourselves to be the dumping ground for overseas' refuse. In one eastern European state, the writer, last summer, found government in difficulty trying to finance relief for its unemployables at even 33 cents weekly each. The question daily was asked: Can we not somehow ship them to rich America? Many of these, filtering over our borders remain because we have not the registration-of-aliens every other modern state has.
Remember, too, these unemployables breed like rabbits.
Very sincerely,
C. M. GOETHE
by Williams
EDITOR, POST-PRESS.
DEAR SIR:
Seeing your immigration story prompts asking: Why does the United States lag behind other progressive nations as to admission of aliens, also deportation of alien criminals, social inadequates?
It is notorious that, for decades, we built up gangster groups by permitting ourselves to be the dumping ground for overseas' refuse. In one eastern European state, the writer, last summer, found government in difficulty trying to finance relief for its unemployables at even 33 cents weekly each. The question daily was asked: Can we not somehow ship them to rich America? Many of these, filtering over our borders remain because we have not the registration-of-aliens every other modern state has.
Remember, too, these unemployables breed like rabbits.
Very sincerely,
C. M. GOETHE
by Williams
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Provocative
Social Critique
What themes does it cover?
Social Issues
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Immigration Policy
Alien Deportation
Unemployables
Gangster Groups
Alien Registration
What entities or persons were involved?
C. M. Goethe
Editor, Post Press.
Letter to Editor Details
Author
C. M. Goethe
Recipient
Editor, Post Press.
Main Argument
the united states lags behind other nations in admitting and deporting aliens, particularly criminals and social inadequates, due to lack of registration, making it a dumping ground for overseas refuse and unemployables who breed rapidly.
Notable Details
Dumping Ground For Overseas' Refuse
Unemployables Breed Like Rabbits
Eastern European State Relief At 33 Cents Weekly