Hartford. Conn.. carried a series of articles outlining the various instances where these aliens were being charged from $2.500 to $4.000 merely for getting a private bill introduced in Congress. It should be pointed out that under the present procedure the introduction of a private bill relating to an alien seeking citizenship automatically stops deportation proceedings of that alien until the adjournment of that Congress. After adjournment if the bill has not been passed and if no other steps have been taken to insure his permanent status the alien is subject to deportation. In Connecticut we find instances where they were advised by their attorneys that the best method for getting citizenship was to marry an American. Accordingly. on the advice of attorneys some of these aliens paid as much as $1.000 to the women who would marry them so that they could stay in the country. Then after the arranged marriage the woman would file petition papers through immigration officials to make her "husband" a permanent resident. It appears that the average attorney fees to get a private bill introduced in the Congress are $2.500. and some attorneys are operating what in effect is a "bucketshop" operation. As evidence of this point I quote excerpts from a series of letters written by one Hartford attorney.
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