I took the same position. His ruling was absolutely correct and was sustained by the House with only 16 adverse votes. While there are some minor provisions of the bill relating to entry the bill is essentially and almost wholly concerned with the post deportation status. This is in no sense an immigration or naturalization bill. Its jurisdiction begins where that jurisdiction ends. Not until the alien has gone through the deportation mill and had the opportunities for a fair trial. an appeal within the department. plus review by the courts. and had a final warrant of deportation issued against him. does this bill affect him. In other words. this bill has nothing in Gods world to do with anything but the problem of enforcing deportation warrants against aliens who have been adjudged unfit to remain here and ordered to be banished. I just want to say to the distinguished gentleman that to give another "day in court" to an alien who has just enjoyed one to the full seems to me to be a second piece of pie. to which he is not entitled on any theory whatsoever. We do not grant such a privilege to our own citizens and I agree with the Supreme Court that an alien is entitled to fewer rights rather than more.
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