Evening star., 1932-01-24
Why Aliens Are Deported

the steamship Hamburg and probabl
now Is one Of the cogs in the machin
Of Sovietism.
I have gone into this case at SOM
length because, better than any other
perhaps, it shows the nature of the at
tacks that have been made on tn
deportation policy of the Department
of Labor and the baselessness of thes
attacks.
I will cite one other case, that Of
Chinese named Ii Tao Hsaun, who wa
ordered depcrted some months ago 10
activities similar to those Of the 1tal
ian. Serio. No sooner was the orde
issued in the case of the Chinese thai
individuals and organizations entered
protests against Lis deportation to th'
land of his birth. 1t was said, as in th'
| Serio case, that If he were deported X
! China execution would await him be
cause of hts affiliat tons with certain
/ party of extr r1ists. The Chinese min
! istry In Washington said that the Of
! fense which Lii had committed wa
! punishable b. death in China. Tht
| Department { Labor then expressed 1t!
willingness b allow the man to go tt
Russia If he could secure permission
Means were found by some Of the
friends of the Chinese to secure his
entrance into Russia. He went there
some time ago and already probably
has been joined by his Italian com.
rade So much for the two cases III
which the Department of Labor was
charged with an entire willingness tc
send aliens to certain death
Speaking for myself, l am willing to
say that in any case where man is
ordered deported and Is likely to meet
death in his own country, he will be
allowed to 60 to Russia. provided Rus
sis will receive him. Again, let me say
that we cannot deport to that country
because with it we have no diplomatic
relations If any of the societies or in
dividuals interested in aliens who they
think are likely to be killed If sent to
their homelands can arrange for Russia
to receive deportees, and will see to II
that they go there, am entirely will
ing that the Russians shall have their
company for all time.
wish to assure Americans that every
opportunity to clear themselves OF the
charges against them is afforded aliens
who are apprehended by the inlmigra-
ton officials on deportation warrants,
Habeas corpus proceedings are open to
them and two United States courts are
available to pass upon their cases-the
District Court and the Circuit Court of
Appeals. 1t is within the province OF
these courts either to uphold the valid
ity of the warrant of deportation or to
declare 1t invalid. The ahen's liberty
is thus guarded. In all the proceedings
his treatment from the beginning is
legal and humane If he is guilty of
the offense charged against him, what
ever it may be, and the courts If he
appeals to them, uphold his guilt, he is
sent back to the land from whence he
came and his activities, If he continues
them, are exercised in his home fields.
The door of the labor market is as
wide open for aliens legally in this
country as it is for native born and
nsturalized citizens. However, there
are thousands of foreign-born persons
in this country who are here illegally
and who, while trying to avoid detec-
ton, strive constantly to secure work.
Every job obtained by one Of these
aliens means one less job for an Amer
icanborn person or legally entered
alien,
So 1t is that the deportation or aliens
illegally here helps Just SO much to aid
Americans and the legally entered for
eign-born. The inveighers against the
deportation operations of the Depart
ment of Labor seemingly gives no con-
sideration at all to the benefit which
accrues to American labor from the
expulsion of those Illegally here, who
are trying to get work 1t is not def
nitely known how many of these IL
legally entered persons are in this coun-
try, but it is known that the number
is large enough to affect the labor mar
ket materially.
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this country without proper visas are
willing to take work at extremely low
wages. This puts temptation into the
path Of employers to accept their serv-
ices. When one of them suspects that
his presence in q certain place has be-
come known to the authorities, he
moves quickly to another place, doing
what he can to cover his tracks. Many
Of these men have been detected,
arrested and sent overseas. If there is
anything wrong with this procedure,
the Department of Labor is yet to be
convinced.
On many occasions there have ap-
peared in print stories to the effect that
immigration officers have made unwar-
ranted arrests of aliens who were at
work. The charge was made that there
was no real suspicion that the foreign
born ones were here illegally, but that
the arrests were made solely ito make
killing"
In au-or at any rate, virtually all
cases of this kind which have been
cited by the non-deportation advocates,
the arrests were made by State or mu-
nicipal officers because of some infrac-
tion of the State or local laws. When
such arrests are made and the arreSting
authorities have reason to believe that
some of the arrested ones are illegally
in this country. they call in immigra-
tion officers to question those suspected
II 1t is found that the prisoners are in
America legally, the matter ends If it
is found that they are illegally here,
the law takes It's course.
I should like to repeat that the De-
partment of Labor does its best to en-
force the law in an entirely humane
way. ! also should like to repeat that
the law will continue to be enforced.
1t is law and it is salutary law.