Speech #830221165

I wish to add but a few words of explanation to what the distinguished chairman of our committee. the gentleman from New York . has just said. It is necessary to stress that loss of nationality would occur under this bill only after conviction by court of proper jurisdiction. which means that the constitutional dueprocess clause would be fully complied with. Another question often raised in the public discussion of this legislation has been the problem of deportation of persons who would lose their nationality. not only in the event that this measure is enacted. but also under the existing law. namely. subdivisions (8). (9). and (10) of section 349 (a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. In this connection. I wish to inform the House as follows: The bill under consideration does not provide for the deportation of persons who would become aliens by the operation of law. However. a similar measure pending now in the other body specifically provides that such persons should be deported from the United States. in accordance with sections 242 and 243 of the McCarranWalter Act. Section 243. among other things. lists countries to which a deportable alien might be deported and also prescribes forms of supervision of a deportable alien. However. it is important to remember that a person who would lose nationality under this legislation. as we have it before us today. would not per se become deportable unless such person. following the loss of United States nationality. brings himself within the purview of the deportation statutes.