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He declined to answer that question. I submit section 2 to every Member of this House. It states: The Secretary of Labor is hereby authorized and directed to institute deportation proceedings against any alien in the United States who while in the United States engages in the promotion or dissemination of propaganda instigated from foreign sources or who while in the United States engages in unlawful political activities instigated from foreign sources. I submit that that section applies not only to aliens who are admitted for the .purpose of a temporary visit. but that section applies to every alien now residing in the United States. As to section 2 I wish the chairman of this committee had read his immigration law. and as chairman of the Committee on Immigration he should know the immigration law. he would have found that in section 155. title VIII of the United States Code. Annotated. there is a provision which provides for the deportation of any alien who is openly advocating the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force and violence. That is actually the law now. That is actually on the statute books. Aliens are being deported under that provision. section 155. title VIII. United States Code. Annotated. already in existence. Now. .inasmuch as you have already provided in 1917 and again in 1922 for the deportation of aliens who are seeking to overthrow the Government of the United States by force and violence. why do you need section 2? It seems to me that section 2 goes beyond the class of people who seek to overthrow the Government by force and violence. It tends to deport those people who are advocating views which may be contrary to the views held by the Liberty League. the Hearsts. and other reactionaries in this country.