She came back into this country in a perfectly proper manner. Within 5 years after that she contracted tuberculosis. and for a time became a patient at a public hospital. and therefore was classified as a public charge. Under the Immigration Act. if within 5 years of entry a person becomes a public charge. he or she is subject to mandatory deportation. This young lady had gone across the line for just a couple of hours one afternoon. but that was looked upon as her last entry into the United States. and since within 5 years from that period she did become a public charge. she was subject to mandatory deportation. The committee did not feel. and the Department itself does not feel. that there is anything fair or just about that sort of a situation. and the purpose of section 7 is to take care of and correct the evils and abuses which occur under a situation of that sort.
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