I do not expect every Member of this House to be acquainted with the immigration laws. As a matter of fact. 99 percent of the lawyers do not know anything about them. but the fact of the matter is that if the gentleman will look at section 23 of our present immigration law. an alien. legally in the country. who finds himself stranded within 3 years after his entry. can apply to the Department of Labor. and the Department of Labor can voluntarily send him back to his native country at Government expense. I am not speaking of Filipinos now. There is a bill on the Consent Calendar to bring that up to 5 years. so as to give the Department the right to send them back to their native country when they are stranded and when they make application for that purpose.
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