Mr. Speaker. reserving the right to object. If I may make a statement of my understanding of this situation. under the act of 1917 and under the law as it existed prior to the act of March 2. approved March 4. 1929. the Secretary of Labor had authority in certain cases within his discretion to grant permission for the reentry of aliens who had theretofore been deported. By that act of March 4. 1920. Congress made it a felony for one who had been excluded to seek to reenter the country. and Imposed other incidental penalties. I think it Is not retroactive -in any vicious sense. but up to the passage of the act of March 4. 1929. the Secretary of Labor was authorized and for many years had been authorized to grant these permits in these specified cases.
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