Mr. President. I should like to say that I think the first clause of the second paragraph. as written. seems to be very ambiguous. it can be construed in several ways. but. of course. it could be construed in the way most favorable to the alien. and. if so construed. it seems to me that if he admits in writing that he has been convicted of espionage or sabotage for a foreign government. he can be deported. but when he refuses to admit that has has been so convicted he cannot be deported. As I read English. I think the words to which I have referred should be separated or placed in some other connection than they now appear. I quite agree with the Senator from Vermont and the Senator from Connecticut that no alien ought to be deported because in private he admits in writing some act with no opportunity for consultation with an attorney and no opportunity to present his case to a court. If he really. seriously. is willing to make an admission in writing. he ought to be willing to plead guilty. and then there would be no expense connected with his conviction. So I think if this bill should stand at all. the words I propose to strike out certainly should be eliminated. An alien should only be deported when he is actually convicted after a plea either of guilty or not guilty of espionage or sabotage.
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