It would be folly to arrest these men and to deport them at the expense of the United States when they never had a right to be here. and when they had violated our liws in being here. Why should we treat them precisely as we treat those who are entitled to remain. but have simply neglected seasonably to obtain their certificates? Why should we inflict upon them no more inconvenience than we inflict upon the man who. having the right to be here. although he has failed to provide himself with the evidence of it. is arrested and deported from the country? The latter has committed no violation of law. His failure to secure his certificate seasonably under the provisions of the law simply brings him before the proper magistrate where he can establish his innocence and secure his certificate. But the Chinaman who has come here in violation of law during the last ten or eleven years is liable to be arrested. and to be punished. he never had any right to a certificate. and we inflict upon him. in.addition to the disability or inconvenience of deportation which applies to all. the additional penalty of one years imprisonment in the penitentiary. If we inflict upon him no penalty he will simply remain until we get ready to deport him at our own expense.
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