Chairman. I rise in opposition to the amendment. The language on page 1. line 10. of the bill reads: Is hereafter convicted in the United States within 5 years of the institution of deportation proceedings against him of a crime involving moral turpitude for which the alien is committed to an institution as a result of such conviction. orThe amendment offered by the gentleman from Alabama is one of the most severe amendments that has been offered on the floor of this House within my memory. This means that any alien who has not been a citizen. who has stolen a loaf of bread. 10. 15. or even 20 years ago is mandatorily to be deported. That is the consensus of the opinion of the members of this committee. That is exactly what a great many want to do. but it is likewise exactly what a great many of us do not want to do.
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