Mr. Speaker. this bill is what is commonly called "The white slave traffic bill." I do not think it requires any extended explanation at this time. The United States Immigration Commission found that there was. unfortunately. a traffic in women for Immoral purposes in the United States. There was already an existing statute providing for barring such women and for expelling them when they were found in the United States within a period of three years. A part of that statute. which was rather drastic. had been declared unconstitutional where it affected citizens and aliens who had not been held here against their will. The Committee on Immigration and Naturalization amended section 3 of the immigration law so as to provide where women imported for immoral purposes were held in pursuance of that importation it constitutes a felony. Also. for those reasons which will be noted by those who have read the Immigration Commissions report. we drop the words "women and girls" from the bill and make the law apply to all aliens who are imported for immoral purposes.
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