The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-01-17

Warming that penalties for fail
ure to report or register have be-
come more severe, the Washington
office of the JACL Ado declared
that any alien or his parent or legal
guardian in the United States who
wilIfully or inexcusably fails to re-
| port may now be fined, taken into
custody, and deported.
| The Washington JACL ADO Of
flee called attention to the distinc-
ton between reporting" and re
gistering'
Every alien must register" with
| the Immigration and Naturalization
| Service. It is presumed that ever
lJapanese alien has registered under
the old 1910 Alien Registration Act
said the WASHINGTON JACL Ado o.
flee; any registration made under
the old law has the same force and
effect as the registrations made w
der the Immigration and Nationali-
ty Act of 1852.
After the alien has been register
ed he must then report" his cur
rent address at least annually and
also each time he changes his place
of residence. stated the Washington
JACL ADO office
To determine how alien registra-
ton provisions of the new act will
be enforced, the Washington office
of the JACL ADO conferred with r
L. Suddath, senior examiner of the
central office of Immigration and
Naturalization Service
According to Suddath, any alien
who is not registered, or any alien
who is registered but does not re-
port, is subject to federal prosecu-
| ton
| Under the law, any alien who
wilIfulIv fails or refuses TO register
| can, upon conviction, be fined up to
| $1,000 or he imprisoned for as long
as six months, or both. Such an a
lien is also subject to deportation.
Suddath urged that aliens. who
| for one reason or another have not
vet registered. should register imme-
diatelv and then file an "Alien Adj
dress Report Card
Every alien. who is ID years of ace
| and over, is held RESPONSIBLE for his
| own reeistra ton. Every parent or
| legal Guardian of an alien. who is
less than ID wears of ace. must take
the responsibility of registering the
rnder-aee alien.
| with reSpect to a definition of
"chanpe of address. which an alien
must rerort each time. Suddath de-
clared that "change of address" re-
fers ONLY to permanent shift of
residence An alien "visitinp" or
"vacationinp" awav from home is
not REGARDED as having "chanped
his address and. therefore. is not re-
nuired to report that move to the
Immierati ton and Naturalization
Service. said Suddath
Tn cases of loss of an alien re-
gistration card. the alien NAV applI
at the nearest Immigration and Ma
turalization Service for a duplicate
The cost to tn, alien of securing E
new card is now SIS instead of the S.
II used to be said Suddath
The loss of an alien registration
card is a serious matter, stated thu
Washington JACL ADO office, since
tho law requires every alien over Il
wears of age to have the alien regis
tration card in his possession at al
times.
Failure to carry the card subject
the alien to a maximum fine of SO
or thirty DAYS Imprisonment, o
both: also if the alien is not regis
tered. he is liable to be fined up I
81 600 or be imprisoned uD to 81
months, or both. Therefore, il
possible for an alien who has no
registered and does not have an a
lien registration card TO be fined
total of S1.1OO and to be imprisone'
for seven months, for violating tn
alien registration provisions of tn
law.
II is important to remember sta
ted the Washington office of tn
JACL Ado. that the ALLEN Addres
Report Card" must NOT be mailed
the card tnnlIct he rati1rrad Ii, rna,.cOi