In a moment. The gentleman did not yield to me when I requested him. but I shall yield to him. On page 47 of the State Department hearings will be found a list of 34 aliens. whose names are given by the State Department. who were thus advised by the Secretary of Labor to proceed to Canada and endeavor to obtain readmission into this country lawfully. which aliens had been convicted of crimes involving moral turpitude. so that the insistence of some gentlemen that this procedure has only been instituted in cases where the alien had committed no other offense than unlawful entry. and where he had a family and children dependent upon him. is not sustained by the facts. but the names of those convicted of crimes involving moral turpitude have been taken from this list. subject to deportation. as they are. and they have had it suggested to them that they proceed to Canada to procure from a United States consul In that country a visa upon which they might legally reenter the United States. And since they were barred from reentering because of their criminal records. the Secretary of Labor has executed in their cases waivers of this bar. Although the Secretary may legally make such waivers if she desires. the remainder of this procedure is not authorized by law. and. despite what the gentleman from New York said with regard to the ignorance of the committee as to the provisions of the immigration laws. I challenge him or anybody else to show any provision of the statutes by which any such procedure is authorized.
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