Mr. White. the Assistant Secretary. was before the committee. and he felt that the increase carried in this bill would adequately provide for the needs of their present force. I am sure that the legislative committee recognizes the importance at this time of providing some further enabling legislation relative to unlawful entries and deportations. They have made efforts in the past to pass such legislation. When the bill favorably reported by the committee to the last Congress shall be finally written into law. it will greatly aid the Labor Department and its officials in the enforcement of every phase of the immigration law. There are many embarrassing situations that now present themselves to enforcement officers. I may mention some that the committee has sought to remedy in the deportation law just referred to. Chief anmong them are the short periods of limitation fixed in the act of 1917. The committee has wisely recommended an extension of that period so that when officers go in search of those unlawfully here. they will not be met with the answer. "Oh. we have been here for three years." The one fruitful source through which so many today are unlawfully entering the United States is through the seamans route. and to these the threeyear limitation applies. Many gain entrance through that source. Some wellconsidered legislation is required to stop this gap. I stated the other day. and I think the committee recognizes the force of it. since in their bill they sought to partially remedy it. until you provide punitive punishment for those who repeat their offense against our immigration law you will not discourage offenders nor effectively aid our officers to keep them out. You may vote all the money you will-$10.000.000. if you pleasein order to deport those unlawfully here. and yet until your law is changed such deportees can return by the next ship. and when they are again and yet again apprehended. all you can do under existing law is to give them safe passage back to their own country at large expense to our Governnent.
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