That bill provided that we may deport any alien who has been found guilty of advocating a change in the form of governmentthe very thing which Thomas Jefferson said should be done in every generation. and which Abraham Lincoln advocated as a means of keeping the Government abreast of the times. The next bill was by the distinguished gentleman from Alabama . That bill provided that any alien who had been convicted of a crime and had served his sentence. if that crime were tainted with moral turpitude. should be held subject to deportationas in the present lawbut provided that until such time as the country from which he emigrated would accept him back he should be picked up by the Secretary of Labor and held in a detention camp. which means imprisonment without limit. and in effect sets up concentration camps. The next alien bill was that offered in the form of an amendment to a bill. an espionage bill. sponsored by the gentleman from Pennsylvania . No objection was made to the original bill. which was a bill fixing increased penalties for those guilty of espionage. but the gentleman from Massachusetts introduced an amendment on the floor which provided for the revival or resurrection of the criminal syndicalism laws. [Applause on the floor and in the galleries.] Criminal syndicalism laws cursed the statute books of many States and of the Federal Government for some years during and following the World War.
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