I think the Senator from Georgia has a wholly laudable purpose in the suggestion of the proposed amendment. but I wish to call to his attention that what he has now done is to make three single offenses subject to an order of deportation. namely. if the accused alien. or the person in charge of such alien. shall fail to register. shall refuse to register. or shall falsely register. With deportation such a dire and drastic penalty at a time when this whole matter is in an experimental stage. I submit to the Senator from Georgia and to the Senate as a group. that that subject was thoroughly canvassed with the Solicitor General. with the representatives of the Department of Justice. the Immigration and Naturalization Service. and that after most careful thought we eliminated the lahguage which was submitted to us by the House Members. the idea of deporting the alien in the event of a conviction for the offenses listed. Let me call to the attention of the Senator from Georgia that it will take about 6 months for this vast plan to get under way. It reaches from one end of the United States to the other. it reaches into our territories and our insular possessions. it will cover hundreds of thousands of Chinese and Japanese. as the Senator will realize. in the Hawaiian Islands and in similar places. Mr. President. under such circumstances deportation on top of a criminal penalty is a most drastic thing. and I submit to the Senator from Georgia that. if we can get the experience that will be gleaned between now and January. in the 6 months needed to set up the machinery and get this thing in operation. we will be able. in the light of the facts. In the light of the report of progress that will be available to us. when we come back to the Congress. adequately then to deal with the situation that is represented by that report. I earnestly urge the Senator from Georgia to withdraw his proposed amendment at this time.
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