We should likewise place Mexico. Canada. and other countries of the Western Hemisphere on a quota basis. so that the whole world will be restricted. The President also makes this recommendation: The deportation laws should be strengthened. The Labor Department last year expelled by warrant proceedings 18.142 aliens. an increase of 1.511 over the numuer expelled during the preceding year. In addition there were 11.719 aliens who were permitted to depart voluntarily without any or with incomplete warrant proceedings. In every deportation case the alien is given his day in court and has the right to be represented by counsel and to appeal. As the President suggests. however. the law should be strengthened by amendment. Those who violate our narcotic laws are now deportable. Alien bootleggers. racketeers. in fact. many classes of criminals. are not affected by the present deportation law. Those who commit crimes involving moral turpitude. which is defined as an act of baseness. villainy. or depravity in defiance of the social duty man owes his fellow man. are deportable. The alien who is repeatedly convicted of violating the laws of the United States or of the several States. for which a total imprisonment of one year or more for the various offenses may be imposed. should be deported. Likewise. membership in any organization which has as one of its objects the destruction of this Government by force. should be sufficient ground for deportation.
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