Session #76 · 1939–41

Speech #760103377

I am afraid now. gentlemen. that we have to report that damage is being done. and that is the reason this measure was renewed after it was allowed to lie dormant during the Seventyfifth Congress. That is the request of the Army and Navy. and that is all I have to say upon title I of the bill. The next title of the bill amends the law for the deportation of crimirfal aliens. It is rather astonishing to me that the Members of this House of Representatives would- make serious arguments on the floor of this House against the deportation of flagrantly criminal aliens. This bill amends the present law in that respect and adds several classes to the deportable criminal alien class. For instance. it adds to that class those who are found guilty of carrying machine guns and sawedoff shotguns in violation of the law. It is a little difficult for me to understand why Members of Congress should object to the deportation of those folk who come here from foreign countries and indulge in the use of machine guns and sawedoff shotguns upon our population. It adds to those classes of people who violate State narcotic laws. It seems that we have one State which has a narcotic law. This makes it a deportable crime to violate a State narcotic law. Thete are several similar classes of people who are made deportable for criminal offenses. who are not deportable under the present law. That is all that title does. You will find in this title II a great many classes. but most of those classes are already deportable under the law. and if you will look at the report. you will see which part is new matter and which part is simply a repetition of existing law.
Keywords matched
deportable deportation

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Criminal Security threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
HOWARD SMITH
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
VA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
760103377
Paragraph
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