Mr. Speaker. the action of the House this afternoon in striking out the enacting clause of H. R. 6182. a bill to cancel the warrants of deportation issued against certain aliens for fraudulent entry into the United States and legalizing their entry. indicates the need of general legislation to cover the cases of several thousand aliens unlawfully in the United States but who cannot be deported to any country in the world or who cannot be deported without undue hardship to them and their families. If the Committee on Immigration intends to bring in individual bills for each of such aliens. the last of them cannot be disposed of during the lifetime of the aliens affected. unless we change our private calendar procedure and devote several months entirely to the consideration of such bills. Judging by the temper of the House today it is doubtful even then how many bills of this type would be passed. There are 12 omnibus bills reported from the Immigration Committee on todays calendar. each one affecting 4 or 5 aliens. One has just been defeated but the other 11 remain on the calendar and will be taken up on the third Tuesday in June if the regular procedure is followed. I want to call attention to the fact that a number of the items in these bills are clearly meritorious and do not involve any fraud or illegality.
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