In brief. this bill directs the Attorney General "notwithstanding any other provision of law" to deport an individual named therein. Such a mandate would be an historical departure from our American tradition. This is the first time in the history of our Government that an act of Congress has singled out a named individual for deportation. Since the passage of the Alien and Sedition laws. a century and a half ago. it is the only bill that has provided for a deportation without a hearing or without giving the accused what our Nation has long known as "due process of law." Mr. Chairman. the man at whom this bill is directed was lawfully admitted to this country. but it is now charged that he is here in violation of the law. After a lengthy hearing. and the taking of over 7.000 pages of testimony. it was the opinion of Mr. James Landis. dean of the Harvard Law School. who presided at the hearings. that the accused man should not be deported. The Secretary of Labor approved the findings of the trial commissioner. This bill would reverse the action of the Secretary of Labor.
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