Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-22
STRICT ALIEN Law
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the board Of review In his behalf. In
the month Of July 4i9 such cases were
considered on appeal to the Secretary.
Before the quota limit law OF 1924
went into effect thousands OF wen IN
tentioned immigrants crossed the ocean
and applied at United States ports only
to find that they could not qualify Tor
admission under the immigration law
and were necessarily returned by the
steamship companies to the country OF
origin. Since the Inauguration OF the
however, the rejection OF those who
apply and are In possession of proper
consular visas has been reduced to
minimum. In fact. only I'VE or six out
Of every 10000 immigrants who have
qualified under the consular and tech
nical adviser plan are now turned back
at United States ports, which, OF course,
means that the system is as nearly 100
per cent perfect as anything that hui
man ingenuity and effort can devise:
want to digress Q little at TINS
alton that exists among the depart:
nfents Of the Government charged
with carrying out the provisions OF the
Immigration laws. Three departments
are Immediately involved. The State
Department through the consular sys-
tenn, the Treasury Department through
the United States Public Health Serv-
ice. which is authorized by law to con-
duct the medical examination OF I'm.
of Labor. under which the law Is
fnally administered. We hear good
deal concerning the alleged lack OF CO.
ordination Of governmental business,
but hare il O care IN which three great
departments Of the Government have
for years effectively co-operated ana
co-ordinated their efforts IN the en.
forcement Of q highly important and
complex body Of laws without any
friction whatever.
Usual Procedure Outlined.
Az already stated, 1851 aliens found
10 be unlawfully IN the country were
expelled under deportation proceedings
In the fiscal year which ended June
so. The usual procedure leading to the
expulsion Of an allen from the United
States Is as follows: When an tmnni-
grant inspector has information to the
effect that q particular alien may be
subject to deportation for any cause
he applies to the Department OF Labor
for O warrant OF arrest, stating what
ever evidences OF illegal residence that
may be available. Such Q warrant can
be issued today only by the Secretary
Of Labor or an authorized assistant.
II a warrant Is issued the alien, when
found, is taken into custody and
granted q hearing before the same or
another immigrant inspector. At this
hearing he may have the benefits Of
counsel and may present witnesses or
otherwise introduce evidence tending
to show that he Is not subject 70 de-
portation. In other words, the law
and regulations contemplate that the
accused shall have his day In court
The complete record Of the warrant
hearing then comes to the Department
and Bureau of immigration for con-
sideration, and the alien in person or
by counsel may appear before the
Board of Review. the function of which
in such cases Is to advise the Secre-
tary of Labor as to whether or not
cause or causes Of deportation have
been shown. II Il is found that the
alien is subject TO deportation the Sec
rotary of Labor or an authorized as
sistant issues o warrant to that effect
and expulsion TO the country to which
he Is q citizen or subject then takes
place. Seven or eight times o year two
special deportation parties cross the
country, back and forth, between the
two oceans, one between San Fran.
cisco and New York by way of New
Orleans and the other between Seattle
and New York. On the westbound trip
the parties are made up Of aliens under
orders of deportation to Mexico and
the Orient, and on the eastbound OF
deportees who are destined to Europe
and the Near East. E
Last year Congress enacted O law
which made deportation more serious