Mr. Speaker. the gentleman from New York would have this House believe that this bill applies to criminals whom. as he says. we can well afford to lose. He would also have it understood that felony signifies a crime of high degree. and he would impress us to the effect that this bill intends only the deportation of persons guilty of high crimes. If this were true. I should not object to the passage of this bill. But had the gentleman taken my advice and accepted the amendment which I suggested to him. namely. that the provision of this bill should apply only to such crimes as are made felonies by the.United States Statutes. or clearly set out the crimes. causes. and conditions for and under which such alien shall be deported. then the bill should have my unqualified support. for I approve and acquiesce in its underlying principle. On the face there is nothing alarming about this bill. for the language employed is perfectly simple. Yet. notwithstanding its guileless phraseology. it comes dangerously near being a "wolf in sheeps clothing." because its terms are misleading.
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