Mr. Speaker. most of the bills introduced to register aliens provide for a compulsory yearly registration of aliens upon the payment of a fee of $5 or more. under penalty or fine of $25 for each years failure to register. together with the extreme penalty of deportation in suitable cases. I am opposed to such a yearly registration for the following reasons: First. Any such bill would bear the characteristics of Prussianism in its meanest form. A real police espionage system is embodied therein. The alien would be under constant surveillance. otherwise how could the Government tell whether the 7.000.000 aliens had registered?
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Aliens are under constant surveillance.