Many persons have clained that an alien who has resided here 10 years has the right to journey abroad without being subject to any restrictions as to his readmission. In other words. it has often been claimed that an alien of the kind described has. so far as admission to the United States is concerlned. the same rights as an American citizen. However. the Supreme Court of the United States has decided that resident aliens. if they desire to go abroad without having taken the previous precaution of becoiing naturalized. must do so it their own risk. Now. Mr. Chairman. let me call your attention to another result which would ensue from the adoption of the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois . If his amendment is adopted. we can not deport prostitutes or procurers after they have resided here for five years. As the law stands at present. procurers or prostitutes may be deported so long as they are aliens. If this amendment is adopted. it will be impossible to deport any alien when more than five years subsequent to his arrival have elapsed. because by the terms of this section he will have acquired the privileges of an American citizen. so far as the immigration law is concerned.
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