Speech #690145646

Mr. Sneaker and gentlemen of the House. it is impossible to state. much less explain. the provisions of this bill within the limited time allowed me. Among its leading features are: Provisions for the deportation of aliens convicted in courts of record of the offenses of selling narcotics and of selling intoxicants and sentenced for the required time. It makes it an offense punishable by fine and imprisonment to enter the United States by eluding inspection or by fraud or by misrepresentation. Limitation now bars deportation proceedings against otherwise deportable aliens in much too short a time. This act makes that time longer in some cases. and in many cases provides that they may be deported "at any time after entry." which entirely removes the bar protecting those guilty of such offenses. I hope this bill will soon be enacted into law. In addition to providing for deportation of certain classes of aliens. it deals with the enforcement of deportation laws. We already have many more aliens whose deportation the law requires than we are deporting. The departments estimate. based on general surveys. is that there are now approximately 1.300.000 aliens in the United States whom the law would require to be deported but for the fact that limitation statutes have barred the deportation of many of them. The same survey shows that of aliens who have entered the country since June 3. 1921. 250.000 are deportable under the law because of their illegal entry or of offenses committed by them requiring their deportation. But just as 1.000.000 out of 1.300.000 have escaped deportation through lack of funds. lack of force. the failure to enforce the law. and statutes of