Chairman. it seems to me that the proper time and the only time when the coiurt should be permitted to make a recoimendation. which has authority and which shall have weight. should be at the time the case is tried by the court. and at the time the judge presiding over that court imposes judgment or renders his decision. I think that it would be unwise. unsafe. to invest that court with this authority after the case. has been disposed of. If this amendment is adopted. a recommendation by a court or by a judge by or before whom the case was tried. made years and years after the trial. and even after the court or judge has lost jurisdiction. can be used for the purpose of preventing deportation. This law ought to provide. if recommendation is to be made and if it is to have weight. that it be made promptly and when the entire matter is fresh and not permitted after the lapse of years. I suggest and I express the opinion that the anendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois ought not to be adopted.
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