Excerpt from Annual Report of the Division of Immigration and Americanization for the Year Ending November 30, 1939

In countries where there is no crisis as yet the usual problems of family separation are made more intense by difficulty of communication, and by dangers of overseas travel.

In addition to these immigration problems which concern in the main, persons who have not yet reached America, there is a definite problem at the present time in regard to aliens here in the United States whose status is irregular or illegal and who, although in some cases technically subject to deportation, are allowed by the federal immigration authorities to change their status by voluntarily departing from the United States, appearing at an American consulate abroad or in contiguous territory and making application for legal entry to the United States. There is considerable variety in the problems presented by these individuals. In some cases the irregularity is unintentional, or incurred as the result of the act or fraud of another. In other instances the illegal entry was deliberate, but after the entry the alien married a citizen and established his home here and when apprehended by the federal authorities, deportation of the bread winner would result in hardship to the American wife and children. These cases require careful preparation. The alien who is granted the privilege of thus regularizing an illegal status must submit a most complete file of personal documents to the consular authori ties. This file includes passport, police records, military records, family status papers, employment records, and financial information. Practically all the persons we have assisted to thus clear their records have returned successfully. Most of these persons have come to us referred directly by the federal immigration authorities with whom we have enjoyed the heartiest cooperation in the past year.

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