Mr. Speaker. this bill provides that an alien now under conviction and sentence because of a felony committed in this country and any alien who is hereafter convicted and sentenced for a felony shall. at the expiration of that sentence. be taken into custody. as provided in other sections as to the machinery. and deported to the country from whence he came. The reason for it is brief. In my judgment we have room in this country for every desirable immigrant. but when the Immigrant accepts our hospitality and abuses it by committing felonies. he ought at the expiration of his term to go back to the country whence he came. My idea is that the bill. if enacted. will not only deport from our country a number of criminals that we can well afford to lose. but it will deter aliens from committing crimes in this country.
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