Aside from the manifest injustice to this service. as pointed out by the gentleman from New York . of compelling these employees to take 60 or 90 days furlough without pay while employees of other departments are furloughed only 30 days. it must be remembered that this is comparatively a small service and that the extended and prolonged furloughs will necessarily retard and hamper the work. What we save in this unfair and unjust reduction of appropriations. the Government will spend in feeding. housing. and caring for the aliens. As I have pointed out. a large percentage of the aliens are deported at Government expense. That means. gentlemen. that from the time the alien is taken into custody. whether on a warrant of arrest off the streets or from a penal or other institution. until he is landed in the foreign port it is all at the expense of the Government. It is simple mathematics that if the work is retarded. the procedure of deportation in each case will be prolonged. entailing additional expense to the Government. These men are not overpaid. I know it. And I speak from actual knowledge. As my colleagues know. I served in the Immigration Service. It is difficult work. specialized work. and requires training and experience. Some of the men who are to be penalized to this fallacious policy served with me 25 years ago and are still in the service.
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