I have no objection to listening to some of the arguments of some of these gentlemen provided they base their argument on facts that ought to be known to men of understanding and intelligence wherever they may come from in the United States. Because of some of the statements that have been made by certain gentlemen upon the floor of the House this afternoon I have taken it upon myself to try to answer in just a few moments the two gentlemen from New York in regard to statements they made in referring to line 25 on page 20. The gentleman from New York shed a great many tears over the fact that a little child who might steal an apple and be sentenced to a year in the penitentiary might be jerked from the bosom of his family and be deported. and he made such an argument as that on the floor of this House. I direct the attention of the Members of this House to the fact that we should consider this measure sensibly. sanely. and dispassionately. and if we do. we cannot come to any such absurd conclusion as that. I direct your attention particularly to that line because it was referred to by the eminent chairman of the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. The line reads: Any alien who is sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 1 year or more because of conviction in this country of a crime involving moral turpitude. What is a crime involving moral turpitude?
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