Tie law as it now stands is-. That nothing in this act shall exclude. if otherwise admissible. persons convicted of an offense purely political.. not involving moral turpi tude. That language will not be changed if the amendment or amendments proposed shall be agreed to. but there was one case decided by. the Immigration Commissioner which I think perhaps may have influenced the committee. � I do not know whether it did or not. I want to read that case: Miroslav Sichinsky. a Ruthenlan. who in 1908 assassinated Count Andris Potocki. governor ot the Austrian Province of Galicia. will be permitted to remain in the United States. The Bureau of Immigration has decided Sichinskys offense was political. Sichinsky shot the governor during a private audience. He was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. but escaped and came to America. and was admitted because his record was not known. Recently Sichinsky went to Ellis Island. gave himself up. said he wanted to become anAmerican citizen. and asked the Immigration authorities to pass on his case. And the immigration authorities decided that his offense was purely political and he was allowed to remain. in the United States That case looks to me very much like deliberate murder. I do not believe the man ought to have been allowed to remain in the United States. but it was decided that it was a political offense. I suppose he Is living somewhere In our country.
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