Of course. if I could produce an absolute. ironclad case I would not be before the special committee of the House asking for private relief. I would go to the Naturalization Bureau and this man would be allowed a certificate of entry or he would be given a clean slate. The reason for these congressional committees acting on private cases to extend private relief is because we meet with such cases where it is too difficult to determine whether the man should or should not be in this country. This man has been here for years. We reach an impasse. Suppose you have somebody at home who has been in this country for many years. who has a family in this country. and there is pending over his head some sort of a subpena or writ from the Bureau of Immigration to put him out of this country at any time. Here is a man who was born in Germany. He produced a birth certificate as being born in Germany. He produced a marriage license or certificate from that country. I produced these documents before the Committee on Immigration. I satisfied every single member of that committee. because they voiced a unanimous vote in reporting this bill out. I satisfied the membership of that committee. many of whom were in attendance. that this was a case in which Congress should provide particular relief. Now. what is this committee. sitting as an overlord over the regular functioning committees of the House. to determine a policy that it will not grant relief in particular cases because they are immigration: cases? Each case should be studied on its merits. I have discussed this case privately on its merits with the membership of this particular objecting committee in the House. and they find no fault that I know of.
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