If they committed a crime. for example. and served their sentence. they have expiated the crime. You then come along with this bill and say: "Despite the fact that you have expiated your crime. despite the fact that you have been already punished. you shall be subjected to a second punishment or imprisonment. You are again to be held or detained In custody or deprived of liberty or imprisoned because the country of origin refused to grant a passport to permit your deportation." You may cavil with me and say there Is no second imprisonment. but there is. for you deprive the individual of his liberty. you detain him. I do not care where you detain him. whether on a farm. at Ellis Island. in the county jail. or at Lewisburg or San Quentin. it makes no differencethat is imprisonment. and. mind you. it may be for life. There is no limitation whatsoever on the time during which the Secretary of Labor may hold such an alien despite the fact he has once served his sentence. has theretofore been imprisoned.
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