Speech #810291293

I note. however. that the President apparently did not understand that a certain bill which came recently from the Committee on the Judiciary. which would have allowed the Attorney General in certain cases to detain aliens in his custody for an indefinite time. had been amended. The Senator from Michigan offered an amendment to the bill in the Judiciary Committee. to provide that the Attorney General of the United States could not detain such persons for an indefinite time. There is now a provision in that billand I hope the bill will be passed on the call of the Consent Calendarwhich provides that in case a person violates a deportation order. and that violation continues for a 6 months period. it shall be a crime further to violate the order and remain in the United States. The individual involved would have the right to trial before the courts of justice. and even have a jury trial if he chose. So apparently the bill which came from the Committee on the Judiciary has now been amended to conform with the Presidents message.