This bill. gentlemen of the committee. provides that an alien who is guiltynot convicted in a court of record. but who is guilty of any sort of a violation of the laws of the United States against the handling of narcoticsshall be subject to immediate deportation upon order issued by the Commissioner General of Immigration.. Why should there be such a tremendous distinction between the violator. in a small way. of the narcotic laws. who may be deported even without trial or conviction. and the violators of the prohibition laws of the country? My amendment. as I have said. provides it shall apply only to two classes of cases. those who manufacture and those who sell. and that it shall not apply to them unless there shall have been two convictions for the same offense. I submit this presents to the committee the sole question of whether or not they believe aliens who have twice violated and been convicted of violating the prohibition laws of the country are desirable residents of the country and ought to be permitted to remain here.
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