President. I invite attention of the Senate to a very excellent editorial on the subject which was published in a recent issue of the Oregonian. I invite the attention of the Senate to two quotations from decisions of the United States Supreme Court. one of them having been written in that typically clear and fine language of Justice Douglas who said: Although deportation technically is not criminal punishment it may nevertheless visit as great a hardship as the deprivation of the right to pursue a vocation or calling. It may result in the loss of all that makes life worth living. I read the following from a decision by Justice Murphy: The impact of deportation upon the life of any alien is often as great if not greater than the imposition of a criminal sentence. A deported alien may lose his family. his friends. and his livelihood forever. Return to his native land may result in poverty. persecution. and even death. There is thus no justifiable reason for discarding the democratic and human tenets of our legal system and descending to the practices of despotism In dealing with deportation. Imagine. Mr.
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