Without a just fIw all aliens will be left to the whim. or caprice. or prejudice of those to whom autocratic power is granted. Under the terms of this bill the Inspector may hear charges 25 or 30 years old. for the statutes of limitation are wiped out as to the time that the Government or an Individual may go back for the basis of a case. The inspector will have the extraordinary power to try any alien who entered the land. for all the time that we have been letting immigrants into the country. The section that repeals all statutes of limitations is as follows: SpEc. 19. (a) At any time after entering the United States (whether the entry was before or after the enactment of the deportation act of 19216) the following aliens shall be taken Into custody and deported: "(1) An alien who at the time of entry was a member of one or more of the classes excluded by law from admission to the United States." In every State of the United States we have statutes of liitations in criminal matters. After a lapse of a specified period of time the State may not proceed If it has not started its action within that time. Burglars. robbers. swindlers. blackmailers are granted immunity from prosecution under statutes of limitations.
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