Speech #740048631

A careful study of this statute shows that the gentleman from Texas was referring to section 7 of this act. That section reads as follows: SEC. 7. Despite the provisions of subdivision (a) of section 1 of the act entitled "An act making it a felony with penalty for certain aliens to enter the United States of America under certain conditions in violation of law ". approved March 4. 1929. as amended. an alien. if otherwise admissible. shall not be excluded from admission to the United States under the provisions of such subdivision after the expiration of 1 year after the date of deportation if. prior to his reembarkation at a place outside of the United States. or prior to his application in foreign contiguous territory for admission to the United States. the Secretary of Labor. in his discretion. shall have granted such alien permission to reapply for admission. This section 7 of the act of May 25. 1932. simply amends the socalled "Banishment Act" as approved March 4. 1929. so as to provide a means of alleviation in cases where the perpetual exclusion of all deportees operated to forever prevent members of the family in the United States from ever having the husband or the wife or children who had been deported rejoin the family fireside in the United States. The alleviation granted by this new amendment was strictly limited so as to require the person deported to stay away at least 1 year following deportation. and after that lapse of time then personally apply from abroad directly to the Secretary of Labor for permission to return. In the discretion of the Secretary of Labor. such applications could be acted upon by granting the deported person permission to come back. Thereafter the deported alien would initiate an altogether new application for an immigration visa before an American consul abroad. and upon establishment of eligibility to admission to the United States under the immigration law would be given a new visa. and then upon arrival at a port of entry this immigrant would be subject to all examinations that every newly arrived alien is required to submit to when seeking admission. I fail to see how the gentleman from Texas could possibly object to this humane procedure. Yet that is the law he erroneously charged me with sponsoring and erroneously laid on me responsibility for some action which he disapproves.