Mr. Speaker. it seems futile in speaking on any legislation affecting the criminal law for men who have practiced as defenders before the bar to expect that their words would be received with any sense of admonition. So in this bill. peculiarly. the lawyer minds of the Committee on the Judiciary who are in favor of this bill do not realize that the proceedings before the Immigration Commissioner or his duly appointed representative as hearing officer are not a judicial hearing. The rules are not in a legalistic sense limited to the question of evidence as such that would be admissible in a court of law. As a matter of fact. the entire record is compiled by the hearing officer himself.
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