And such governments will be ready to do this. I believe. as long as they exist. 3. The principal statute on which our Government relies to enforce area travel bans is the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1185). which provides that during a period of war or national emergency"It shall. except as otherwise provided by the President. and subject to such limitations and exceptions as the President may authorize and prescribe. be unlawful for any citizen of the United States to depart from or enter. or attempt to depart from or enter. the United States unless he bears a valid passport. "Any person who shall willfully violate any of the provisions of this section. or of any order or proclamation of the President promulgated. or of any permit. rule. or regulation Issued thereunder. shall. upon conviction. be fined not more than $5.000. or. if a natural person. imprisoned for not more than five years. or both * * *" Presidential regulations and restrictions on travel. including area bans. issued through the Department of State. are published in the Federal Register. The justquoted statute is cited as their authority and prosecutions of area travel ban violators are based on this statute. It is this statute. section 1185 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. under which Helen Travis was indicted and convicted. It is under this statute. too. that three ringleaders of the group of young persons who went to Cuba last summer have recently been indicted in New York. Is this statute generally effective. or are there weaknesses in it?
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