Can you conceive. in these modern times. of a 17yearold boy in a foreign country denied his liberty and locked up in a prison integrated with hardened criminals. thieves. murderers. and homosexuals. This is hardly the image of a civilized societylet alone a country that the American taxpayers have subsidized and our soldiers have helped defend. It is reported to me that young Bargers crime was that while he was admitted to England as a temporary visitor. he violated his alien visa by taking up employment without required prior authorization. In other words this American youngster took a job. England. under a Socialist government. has laws to protect her citizens from jobs being taken by foreigners and makes working without a permit a crime. Imagine the screams and protests from England if we in America forbade all Englishmen to take American jobs and could put them in prison if they dared take a job that was protected for Americans? Presently our American State Department. through our London Embassy tells us they are "negotiating"-pleadingfor the boys release. Bargers sentence on April 12 at the Leeds Magistrates Court was supposedly with recommendation for deportation. His mother has provided the return travel money for him to come home. Yet. young Barger remains imprisoned. We are to await the sentencing Judges decision in remitting the original sentence to permit his deportation. Our fellow countryman violated a Socialist law governing employment in Englandand his case was heard by a stern and uncompromising judge. who applied the law swiftly and with its usual punishment. But Robert Barger is an American. and he should be returned to his home immediately.
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