The gentleman simply further illustrates the fact that this might createa condition in which a man is without a country. We do not proceed in this civilized age upon the assumption that a man who is convicted of a crime and who serves his penalty for having committed that crime is necessarily a person beyond the pale of the law or of civilization. There are hundreds of men who have been guilty of wrongdoing that subsequently became good and desirable citizens and residents of the community. And without any investigation. but simply upon the fact that he has been convicted of what may be a very ordinary offense. this bill requires that he be deported. It is a barbarous proposition and against every instinct of humanity aid all fair dealing.
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