I think this amendment should be adopted and I am pleased that the gentleman from New York has indicated he has no serious opposition to it. because we are both trying to do the same thing. Let us allow the amendment to go through. and. if we find that the language is inconsistent. when its gets over to the Senate we can correct it. The immigration laws of our country are very complex. There is no question about that. and I defy anyone. no matter how expert he may be on immigration law. to take one of these bills or the pending bill and be able to state just how an amendment would apply. because of the complexity of the laws. This bill refers to section after section. and to know how these will intermesh with each other when new legislation is proposed is more than anyone can tell without a chance to study them carefully. This is what my amendment does. It simply provides that whenever any alien is permitted to enter this country upon certain representations as to his present or intended marital relationships. and later it is discovered that he has made misrepresentations. he is then subject to deportation. Why should he not be deported? To whom does he make such nisrepresentations? He makes them to the American officials in a foreign country. He deceives our own immigration officials there and as soon as they find he has deceived them or has practiced deceit. why should they not have the authority to say to him. "You have deceived us. you have lied to us. and now you are in the deportable class and we are going to send you back." What is the use of waiting for a court decree? .As soon as they find out he has misrepresented basic and cardinal facts in the statement which he has to file. what is the use of temporizing with him? Let us say to him that he cannot act in that way with us. and that we will put him in the deportable class. and when his time comes we will send him back to the country from which he came.
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