But thousands of persons brought to our shores in foreign and American ships leave the ships and mingle with our population. As stated. many are mala fide seamen and are not entitled to the privileges of seamen. Some are racially ekcluded from our shores. others have no proper visas. or for various reasons are not of right entitled to entrance and should be deported. It is contended that ships are not prisons and may not hold even mala fide seamen against their will. There are decisions of courts that do so hold individuals upon ships is illegal and in contravention of the thirteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. which prohibits involuntary servitude.
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