Mr. Chairman. ladies. and gentlemen. this is an important bill. Its purpose is to make effective our laws providing for the deportation of enemy and criminal aliens. It does not affect anyone except enemy or criminal aliens. All aliens who get into the United States legally come in under the promise that they will obey the laws of this country and will not become public charges upon the American people. Under this bill no alien can be placed in a detention institution unless he has been ordered deported as a Communist. anarchist. or a member of some other like group advocating the overthrow of this Government by violence or unless such alien has been twice convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude or is engaged in the business of selling or handling narcotics in violation of law or is engaged in the business of white slavery and promoting prostitution. If the Department of Labor finds an alien that may be deported on any of these charges. then the Department of Labor issues a warrant of deportation and the alien is given a full hearing before the immigration authorities. and if the. decision is adverse to the alien he may go into the United States district court under a writ of habeas corpus. and if adverse there he may appeal to the circuit court of appeals. and then to the Supreme Court. and if the rulings are adverse to him he must then leave the country or be detained as provided in this bill. Many alien enemies and criminals have been ordered deported. In order to return to their own country they must receive a passport issued by their own country. We now have In this country about 460 enemy and criminal aliens that have been ordered deported. but they insist that they cannot go back to their own country because they have no passports. and insist that they may remain in the United States. The purpose of this bill is to detain these criminal and enemy aliens until they do secure passports and leave this country as ordered by the immigration authorities and the courts of our country. Our Judiciary Committee had what the members considered reliable information that a very large percentage of these aliens are Russian Communists. Russia will not issue any passports for the return to Russia of these Russian aliens that have been ordered deported. They are here as propagandists. teaching and preaching communism and the overthrow of this Government by force. The conclusion is inescapable that Russia does not desire these Communists to leave the United States. Russia wants them to remain here to spread communism. This bill provides that any criminal alien or any enemy alien that has been ordered deported and fails to leave this country shall be detained in some institution until he does leave or until the Secretary of Labor orders his discharge. Such alien will not be placed at hard labor while detained. as such provision would likely render this measure unconstitutional. Some Members of the House have declared the provisions of this bill an outrage and denies to these aliens due process of law. The provisions of this bill do not attach. until the alien has had his full hearing before the immigration authorities and until his case has been passed on by the highest court in this land if he desires. It is after all steps have been taken to determine that the alien has violated the laws of our country and should be deported and is ordered. deported. This law does not apply to the deportation of any aliens except criminal aliens. those that have been convicted at least two times on felonies involving moral turpitude or guilty of selling or peddling dope and narcotics in violation of law or guilty of promoting and carrying on white slavery or prostitution. or membership in and aiding and promoting communism. anarchy. or other like organization teaching. and advocating the overthrow of the United States Government by violence. If this "kettle of fish." the worst group of criminals and enemy aliens. would themselves obey the laws of our country. respect the flag and country that gives them shelter. and adhere to decency and morality. there would be no necessity for this bill. These groups of criminal and enemy aliens talk loud and long about the protection of our Constitution and our laws. yet they spend their time in open defiance of our laws. disrespect for our flag. and would if they could overthrow our Government.
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Generalizing that enemy or criminal aliens are Communists, anarchists, felons, drug dealers, or involved in white slavery, and that they disrespect American laws and seek to overthrow the government.