I cannot yield at this time. The procedure is had under an agreement between the Commissioner General of Immigration of the United States and the Commissioner of Immigration of Canada. which agreement gentlemen will find printed in the hearings. under which the United States agrees that if these aliens unlawfully in this country are permitted to proceed to Canada to endeavor to obtain a visa. and if they do not obtain it they will nevertheless be permitted to reenter the United States without a visa. So that when my friendthe gentleman from New York said a while ago that no alien could be admitted into the United States without a visa he was talking about what the law provides. he was not talking about the practice which has been instituted by the Secretary of Labor. because it appears from the evidence of the Labor Department witnesses themselves that this procedure has been and is being followed. and that these aliens who do not obtain visas through the method of procedure suggested to them will nevertheless be permitted to reenter the United States. which is in violation of law. So the purpose of the prohibition is merely to insure that the Department of Labor will conduct its business In accordance with the laws which have been enacted by the Congress. It is not enacting new legislation. it is not to write any provision into the present immigration laws. I challenge any Member of this House. including the gentleman from New York . to find any provision of the immigration laws of this country which authorizes the Secretary of Labor to suggest to an alien who is unlawfully in this country. and in whose case it has been ascertained that he is unlawfully here and is subject to deportation. that he proceed to a foreign country and. with the assistance of the Secretary of Labor and other officials. procure legal readmission into the United States or. failing that. be allowed to reenter illegally.
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