In 1925 he pleaded guilty to counterfeiting. which is a crime involving moral turpitude. He served a sentence for that crime. In 1928 he made a visit to Cuba without having been naturalized. Upon his return he admitted the commission of this crime. and sometime thereafter the Department of Labor instituted proceedings seeking to deport him. He contested his case through the district court and the circuit court of appeals. claiming that the present law did not apply to the commission of a crime in the United States and that the words " prior to entry" meant prior to the first entry. The court sustained the lower courts and held that the words " prior to entry" applied to any entry as an alien and that the alien in question should be deported. I presume that the object of the bill is to clarify the language. so that there might be no misunderstanding as to what the language really means. Whether this clarification is absolutely necessary I do not know. but if the departments think the language is necessary. I am glad to go along with the departments. for it is my purpose to assist rather than to hinder any laws that will protect our country against undesirable aliens.
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