That is the law. and that is the way the law is construed by the Department of Labor. Mr. Chairman. it is severe enough to provide that such a man may be deported at any time within three yeaxs. It is severe enough to open the door so that for three years some blackmailer may say to that stowaway. "You got by the inspector. but I. who came over With you. know you were a stowaway. and unless you grease my palm I shall have you deported." It is bad enough that any man who came over here under promise of employment should for three years be at the mercy of the very man who secretly was instrumental in bringing him over here under promise of employment. Under the law as it Is at present at any time within three years that man could come to the alien and say. "You must give me some money or I shall show you up and you will be deported." But that is the situation of the immigrant today who comes here in violation of law. Even now. for three years after he arrives here there hangs over his head this sword of Damocles. No matter how prosperous he is. no matter how good a citizen he is. he can be deported at any time within three years if anyone can show that when be first arrived the immigration officers admitted him by mistake or were ignorant of all the circumstances. Gentlemen must realize that throughout this discussion I have almost uniformly been upon the side of stringency. but it Is stringency in admitting people to this country which I favor. stringency prohibiting steamship companies from Importing Inadmissible aliens from foreign lands only to see them turned back at Ellis Island. It is the wideopen gates of admission which I hope to narrow.
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