He was a house painter. No crime had been charged against him. However. because during that particular era we had a concern and hysteria about people belonging to leftwing organizations. or because they had attended leftwing meetings. and the use by the immigration authorities of typical stool pigeons who testified at the administrative hearings. but not before a jury. this man was deported. Let me say to the American people that that is one reason why the senior Senator from Oregon in 20 years of service in this body has protested this kind of injustice. under which people are In fact sentenced. but outside the field of criminal law protection. I am glad that according to the note that has just been handed to me. this was done in the Kennedy administration or by the present Presiding Officer of the Senate . who was Attorney General during the Kennedy administration. but that it was done prior to that time. I am thinking about the principle that is involved. I do not care under what administration it arises. The basic principle of fair trial in the United States is too precious to have run roughshod over by the U.S. immigration authorities. I say to those Americans who have a tendency to brush these matters aside. that it means a lot of difference if they or one of theirs become involved. As the senior Senator from Oregon. It is my obligation to rise up. in justice. wherever I find certain practices by the Immigration authorities or anybody else. The time is long overdue when the immigration organization of the U.S. Government should be brought under some checks and balance controls. and subjected to the basic principles of fair procedure guaranteeing Americans the protection from the kind of harassment and penalty Mackie was subjected to. Mackie is over in Finland removed from his family. on the basis of a charge that immigration authorities never established before a jury. He was supposed to be a Communist sympathizer. Senators know what we should have done. with the power of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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