Mr. Speaker. this is at matter of some importance to all the Members. and I think it will be profitable. whether you agree with me or not. to let me haveyour attention for the 5 minutes I have. This is the amendment for the deportation of criminal aliens. which I referred to in general debate this morning. You probably did not hear the amendment read. owing to the confusion in the Hall. and I may say that this amendment is not my language. This amendment is a provision for the deportation of criminal aliens from this country which was taken bodily from the Kerr bill reported by the Committee on Immigration. So if there is any trouble with the language of this bill. it has at least been given thorough and complete study by the Committee on Immigration and came out of that committee with its approval. It provides nothing but the things which the Kerr bill provided for getting rid of criminal aliens who have been infesting this country for years. You may ask any Member of this House whether he favors the deportation of criminal aliens. and he would tell you. "Yes. he is very much in favor of it". but every time we undertake to do it it has either got to be hooked up with some bill which lets a whole lot of people into this country who have no business here. or it has got to be subject to a point of order. I wish to test the good faith of the chairman and the membership of the Committee on Immigration. This is not my language. This is their language. They said that the deportation of criminal aliens is a thing much to be desired. They wrote it into law. I have adopted their words.
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Generalizing that criminal aliens are infesting the country.