The House has consistently during the past refused to delegate an unlimited amount of power or discretion to the head of a department where a permanent policy of the Government was involved. You are now about to make a departure from this safe. sane. and salutary policy which you have pursued through these years. and you are about to embark upon a delegation of power to a department head which would enable her to set aside the mandatory provisions of the law and set at naught policies of the Congress. Mark you this. you are not only taking care of 8.000 aliens who have violated our immigration laws in this bill. but. as surely as God reigns in heaven. eventually you will take care of the 200.000 that Colonel MacCormack estimated would eventually be cared for. On the floor of the House this afternoon some Members have spoken well and have spoken the truth when they said many others wculd come forward for this clemency once this law was enacted. You are going to see that happen. Instead of this being a deportation measure. I am telling you again upon my responsibility. you are permitting to stay in this country lawbreakers far in excess of the number these four deportation provisions will take out. Just as surely as you and I live. that is going to happen. It is your responsibility.
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