I think the Senator from North Carolina will agree that this is probably the first time since I have been in the Senate that I have agreed with him about a bill on this subject. but I do not want the RECORD to show that I am agreeing with the Senator from North Carolina in his last statement as to the right of deportation of aliens. I wonder if the Senator would not be willing to put the matter on this basis: While it is true that the Department has certain rights with reference to deportation. is it not also true that any alien subject to deportation has a right to go into court to protect himself against the action of the Department? Is it not also true that. as a practical matter. when Members of Congress are appealed to by aliens in reference to cases where there is feeling that some injustice has been done or is being done to the alien. it is customary to have a bill introduced in Congress. and as a result of such bill to have a very thorough investigation by the appropriate committee in the House or in the Senate? So the rights of aliens are protected. While the language of this particular measure in which it is stated that merely an admission of guilt by the individual is sufficient may seem to be pretty strict and stringent. nevertheless there are ways by which every alien may be protected if he has been overreached by the authorities in signing the statement.
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