C. My DEAR SENATOR: The decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of United States v. Paul Evans. decided March 15. 1948. brought into focus the need for an amendment of the immigration laws. The defendant in that case was apprehended in the act of concealing a number of aliens who had not been legally admitted to the United States. The Government prosecuted him pursuant to the provisions of section 8 of the Immigration Act of February 5. 1917 (8 U. S. C. 144). which provides that any person who shall bring into the United States or shall conceal any alien not lawfully admitted shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. but the Supreme Court held that the section under which he was prosecuted was inadequate to provide a penalty for concealing or harboring such aliens.
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