This is a common provision in most of our States and covers hundreds of cases. Now. please note page 20. lines 24 and 25. of the bill under discussion. There it is provided that any alien may be deported if he had been sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 1 year. or if he had been sentenced for a term of more than 1 year. This is in the alternative. Now. a crime involving moral turpitude may be a simple matter of theft. the stealing of a handkerchief from a counter in a department store. Putting a slug into a gas meter may be a crime involving moral turpitude. And since for these minor crimes imprisonment for a year or more may be provided as punishment. an alien under these circumstances could be deported. Furthermore. the selling of liquor to minors is. in some States. not only a misdemeanor. but a felony. Under the old prohibition law. particularly the Jones Act. conviction for such an offense would result in a prison term of from 5 to 10 yearsa felony. If we had a recurrence of prohibition and similar enforcement statutes. a violation thereof would mean deportation. ipso facto. In many other respects the bill is violative of our liberties and of the Bill of Rights. See. for example. its application as it affects the Army and the Navy. severe penalties are meted out to anyone who would advise. counsel. or solicit any member of the Army or Navy of the United States to disobey the law or regulations governing the Army or the Navy. or to disobey the orders of a lawful superior.
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