Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-06-17
House Passe. Drastic
Deportation Law
Bill Passed Under Suspension of
Rules
Jewish Teicgraphie Agency

tJewish Teiegraphie Agency
}, Washington-The deportation bill
passed by House and now referred tt
. Senate, where early action is expect,
ed, provides for the time limit and Of.
fenses for deportation OF aliens a.
follows:
An alien who entered the United
States at any time or place other
than as designated by immigration
officials, or who eluded examination
or inspection or who obtained entry
by false or misleading representa-
ton at any time after entry, unless
the entry was before July /, 1924, in
which case at any time within three
years after entry.
An alien who at the time of entry
was member Of one or more of the
classes excluded by law from admis-
sion to the United States, such as
anarchists, at any time within five
years after entry.
An alien who remains in the Unit
ed States for onger time than
authorized by law or regulations
made under authority Of law, at any
time after entry unless the entry was
before July 1, 1924, in which case, q;
any time within three years after en-.
try.
An alien who, at any time within
seven years after entry, is a public
Charge from causes not affirmativeiy
shown to have arisen subsequent to
entry, at any time after entry.
An alien who at any time within
seven years after entry from causes
not aflirmatively shown to have
arisen subsequent. to entry is an
idiot. imbecile, feeble-minded person,
epileptic, insane person, person OF
constitutional psychopathic inferior
ity or person with chronic alcoholism,
at any time after entry.
An alien who is convicted of any
offense committed after the enact
ment of the Deportation Act of 1926
and within ten years after entry, for
which he is sentenced to imprison-
ment for term of one year or more
at any time after entry, but not after
the expiration Of three years after
the termination Of the Imprisonment.
The three important changes effected
by this provision are the extension
Of the five-year time limitation to n
ten-year limitation for a single Of
fense. the substitution for test Of
moral turpitude, the test of sen
tence to Imprisonment for term of
one year or more and the elimination
of the provision for u recommenda-
tion of non-deportation by the court
or judge sentencing such alien.
An alien who has been convicted
of second felony; without any time
limitation except that the deportation
proceedings must be begun within
three years after the termination Of
the imprisonment.
An alien who has been convicted
more than once Of minor. infractions
Of law, and has received terms of i'm
prisonment aggregating Gig ghteeB
months or more.
An alien who, after the enactment
of the deportation bill, violates or
conspires to violate narcotic and
white slave laws.
An alien who is found practicing
prostitution or is an inmate Of or
connected with the management Of n
house Of prostitution or who receives
shares in or derives benefit from any
part of the earnings Of any prosti-
tute or who manages or is employed
by, in or in connection with any
house Of prostitution or music or
dance hall or other place of amuse-
nNent or resort habitually frequented
by prostitutes or where prostitutes
gather, or who in any way assists
any prostitute or protects or prom
ises to protect from arrest any pro-
stitute, or who imports or attempts
to import any person for the purpose
of prostitution or for any other i'm
moral purposes or who enters for any
such purpose; at any time after en-
try.
An alien who willfulIy eonceals or
harbors, attempts to conceal or har-
Dor or aids, assists or abets any other
person to conceal or harbor any alien
liable to deportation. IL the Seere-
tary Of Labor after hearing finds that
he is an undesirable resident of the
United States; at any time after