Mr. Speaker. H.R. 2807 provides for the first time a statutory procedure for review of final orders of deportation. This will do much to eliminate the present uncertainty and confusion which attends such cases. It will permit deportation orders to be reviewed by the courts in an orderly and expeditious manner. At the same time it will curb the unwarranted use of court procedures for purposes of delay. The bill is designed to fully protect every aliens rights of judicial review without allowing any alien to make a mockery of the process. H.R. 2807 is substantially similar to H.R. 13311 which was passed by the House during the last session of the 85th Congress. It amply satisfies the request of the President in January 1957 and February 1956 for legislation which would prevent dilatory appeals in deportation cases without depriving aliens of their day in court. There is much evidence that certain aliens. usually those found to be criminals and traffickers in narcotics and subversion. are exploiting the process of court review by repetitious law suits timed to forestall the use of necessary travel documents. The objective of such tactics is not to achieve justice but simply to defeat the proper enforcement of the law.
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