Session #76 · 1939–41

Speech #760138724

Of course. Mr. President. officers seeking convictions will. in their zeal. undertake to obtain deportation of an alien who cannot otherwise be conv.cted. by getting him to make an admission in writing that he has been guiltyof what? Of what the bill purports to call espionagenot espionage as defined in the act of June 1. 1917. which was our socalled espionage act. not sabotage. which is not defined at all as a matter of Fcderal statute. Consequently. the bill is open to the objection that it should define an offense within the terms of already existing statutes of the United States. If we turn to subsection 2 of the bill we find that it provides that an alen may be deported at any time after entry. He may be brought to the United States when he is a month old. or 6 months old. He may be convicted when he is 55 years of age.
Keywords matched
deported deportation

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN DANAHER
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
CT
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
760138724
Paragraph
#1
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