I understood the gentleman from Alabama a few moments ago. in objecting to my prior admendment. to say that this act affected only aliens who had been ordered transported. There is a question in my mind about that with reference to subsection (d). which reads as follows: Those aliens who have received. shared in. or derived benefit from any part of the earnings of any prostitute. or have in any way assisted any prostitute- or protected or promised to protect from arrest any prostitute or have imported or attempted to import any person for the purpose of prostitution. There Is no requirement in the paragraph. the section. or the bill that that person shall be under a deportation order or shall be under sentence from any court. As I said a few moments ago. there are five categories of delinquents dealt with in this bill. In the case of the other four there must be in effect at the time the delinquent is apprehended for imprisonment an order of deportation or the sentence of a court. Mr. Chairman. I am pointing out that this category dealing with prostitution does not require that there shall be outstanding any order of deportation or any sentence of a court whatever. The only effect of my amendment is to add there the same safeguard. and I think it ought to be there. that in this category also the delinquent person shall. have been convicted and sentenced for such offense in a court of record. I make this contention. and if I am mistaken I want somebody to get up here and dispute it. that under the language of the bill if a prostitute should give a man a package of cigarettes. he could be taken up and ordered deported. and if he was not able to get a passport he could be locked up indefinitely without having been judicially adjudged of any offense. This is certainly a grant -of administrative power and discretion with a vengeance.
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