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induced, assisted, abetted, or aided any other alien or aliens to enter or to try to enter the United States in violation of law. (3) Any alien who, at any time after entry, shall have been convicted of possessing or carrying in violation of any law any weapon which shoots or is designed to shoot automatically or semi-automatically more than one shot without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger, or a weapon commonly called a sawed-off shotgun.

(4) Any alien who, at any time within five years after entry, shall have been convicted of violating the provisions of title I of the Alien Registration Act, 1940.

(5) Any alien who, at any time after entry, shall have been convicted more than once of violating the provisions of title Is of the Alien Registration Act, 1940.

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No alien who is deportable under the provisions of paragraph (3), (4), or (5) of this subsection shall be deported until the termination of his imprisonment or the entry of an order releasing him on probation or parole."0

(c) In the case of any alien (other than one to whom subsection (d) is applicable) who is deportable under any law of the United States and who has proved good moral character for the preceding five years, the Attorney General may (1) permit such alien to depart the United States to any country of his choice at his own expense, in lieu of deportation, or (2) suspend deportation of such alien if not racially inadmissible or ineligible to naturalization in the United States if he finds that such deportation would result in serious economic detriment to a citizen or legally resident alien who is the spouse, parent, or minor child of such deportable alien. If the deportation of any alien is suspended under the provisions of this subsection for more than six months, all of the facts and pertinent provisions of law in the case shall be reported to the Congress with the reasons for such suspension. These reports shall be submitted on the 1st and 15th day of each calendar month in which Congress is in session. If during the session of the Congress at which a case is reported, or if a case is reported less than thirty days prior to the close of the session, then during the next session of the Congress, the two Houses pass a concurrent resolution stating in substance that the Congress does not favor the suspension of such deportation, the Attorney General shall thereupon deport such alien in the manner provided by law. If during the session of the Congress at which a case is reported, or if a case is reported less than thirty days prior to the close of the session, then during the next session of the Congress, the two Houses do not pass such a resolution, the Attorney General shall cancel deportation proceedings upon the termination of such session, except that such proceedings shall not be canceled in the case of any alien who was not legally admitted for permanent residence at the time of his last entry into the United States, unless such alien pays the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization a fee of $18 (which fee shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States

For the text of title I of the Allen Registration Act of 1940, see pp. 109 and 110. No alien shall be deportable by reason of subdivision (b) of sec. 19, Act of February 5, 1917, on account of any act committed prior to June 28, 1940. See sec. 22, Act of June 28, 1940 (54 Sat. 673), p. 113 as authority for this footnote.

as miscellaneous receipts)." Upon the cancellation of such proceedings in any case in which fee has been paid the Commissioner shall record the alien's admission for permanent residence as of the date of his last entry into the United States and the Secretary of State shall, if the alien was a quota immigrant at the time of entry and was not charged to the appropriate quota, reduce by one the immigration quota of the country of the alien's nationality as defined in section 12 of the Act of May 26, 1924 (U. S. C., title 8, section 212), for the fiscal year then current or next following.

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(d) The provisions of subsection (c) shall not be applicable in the case of any alien who is deportable under (1) the Act of October 16, 1918 (40 Stat. 1008; U. S. C., title 8, sec. 137),2 entitled "An Act to exclude and expel from the United States aliens who are members of the anarchist and similar classes", as amended; (2) the Act of May 26, 1922, entitled "An Act to amend the Act entitled 'An Act to prohibit the importation and use of opium for other than medicinal purposes,' approved February 9, 1909, as amended" (42 Stat. 596; U. S. C., title 21, sec. 175); (3) the Act of February 18, 1931, entitled "An Act to provide for the deportation of aliens convicted and sentenced for violation of any law regulating traffic in narcotics", as amended (46 Stat. 1171; U. S. C., title 8, sec. 156a); (4) any of the provisions of so much of subsection (a) of this section as related to criminals, prostitutes, procurers, or other immoral persons, the mentally and physically deficient, anarchists, and similar classes; or (5) subsection (b) of this section. (39 Stat. 889-890; 54 Stat. 671-673; 56 Stat. 1044; 8 U.S. C. 155.)

PORTS TO WHICH ALIENS TO BE DEPORTED; COST OF DEPORTATION; PENALTIES: BOND

SEC. 20. That the deportation of aliens provided for in this Act shall, at the option of the Attorney General, be to the country whence they came or to the foreign port at which such aliens embarked for the United States; or, if such embarkation was for foreign contiguous territory, to the foreign port at which they embarked for such territory; or, if such aliens entered foreign contiguous territory from the United States and later entered the United States, or if such aliens are held by the country from which they entered the United States not to be subjects or citizens of such country, and such country refuses to permit their reentry, or imposes any condition upon permitting reentry, then to the country of which such aliens are subjects or citizens, or to the country in which they resided prior to entering the country from which they entered the United States. If the United States is at war and the

41 Act of Dec. 8, 1942 (56 Stat. 1044; 8 U. S. C. 155), amended subsection (c) of sec. 19 of the Act of Feb. 5, 1917, as follows: deleted the words "within ten days after the beginning of its next regular session" from the second sentence; inserted between the second and third sentences the sentence beginning "These reports shall be. repealed the third sentence reading "The Clerk of the House shall have such report printed as a public document"; amended the fourth and fifth sentences by adding the words "of the Congress at which a case is reported, or if a case is reported less than thirty days prior to the close of the session, then during the next session of the Congress,".

The Act of October 16, 1918 (40 Stat. 1012; 8 U. S. C. 137), as amended by the Acts of June 5, 1920 (41 Stat. 1008), and June 28, 1940 (54 Stat. 673), may be found on p. 77.

The Act of February 9, 1909 (35 Stat. 614), as amended by the Act of May 26, 1922 (42 Stat. 596-598; 21 U. S. C. 171, 174, 175), may be found on p. 65.

The Act of February 18, 1931 (46 Stat. 1171), as amended by sec. 21, Act of June 28, 1940 (54 Stat. 673; 8 U. S. C. 156a), may be found on p. 96.

deportation, in accordance with the preceding provisions of this section, of any alien who is deportable under any law of the United States, shall be found by the Attorney General to be impracticable or inconvenient because of enemy occupation of the country whence such alien came or wherein is located the foreign port at which he embarked for the United States or because of other reasons connected with the war, such alien may, at the option of the Attorney General, be deported (a) if such alien is a citizen or subject of a country whose recognized government is in exile, to the country wherein is located that government in exile, if that country will permit him to enter its territory; or (b) if such alien is a citizen or subject of a country whose recognized government is not in exile, then, to a country or any political or territorial subdivision thereof which is proximate to the country of which the alien is a citizen or subject, or, with the consent of the country of which the alien is a citizen or subject, to any other country. If deportation proceedings are instituted at any time within five years after the entry of the alien, such deportation, including one-half of the entire cost of removal to the port of deportation, shall be at the expense of the contractor, procurer, or other person by whom the alien was unlawfully induced to enter the United States, or, if that cannot be done, then the cost of removal to the port of deportation shall be at the expense of the appropriation for the enforcement of this Act, and the deportation from such port shall be at the expense of the owner or owners of such vessels or transportation lines by which such aliens respectively came, or, if that is not practicable, at the expense of the appropriation for the enforcement of this Act. If deportation proceedings are instituted later than five years after the entry of the alien, or, if the deportation is made by reason of causes arising subsequent to entry, the cost thereof shall be payable from the appropriation for the enforcement of this Act. A failure or refusal on the part of the masters, agents, owners, or consignees of vessels to comply with the order of the Attorney General to take on board, guard safely, and transport to the destination specified any alien ordered to be deported under the provisions of this Act shall be punished by the imposition of the penalties prescribed in section eighteen of this Act: Provided, That when in the opinion of the Attorney General the mental or physical condition of such alien is such as to require personal care and attendance, the said Attorney General shall when necessary employ a suitable person for that purpose, who shall accompany such alien to his or her final destination, and the expense incident to such service shall be defrayed in the same manner as the expense of deporting the accompanied alien is defrayed. Pending the final disposal of the case of any alien so taken into custody, he may be released under a bond in the penalty of not less than $500 with security approved by the Attorney General, conditioned that such alien shall be produced when required for a hearing or hearings in regard to the charge upon which he has been taken into custody, and for deportation if he shall be found to be unlawfully within the United States. (39 Stat. 890-891; 57 Stat. 511; 8 U. S. C. 156.)

Acts of July 18, 1943, amended sec. 20 of the Act of Feb. 5, 1917, as amended, by inserting sentence beginning "If the United States is at war

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ADMISSION OF ALIENS LIABLE TO BE EXCLUDED ON GIVING BOND OR CASH DEPOSIT; SUIT IN EVENT ALIEN BECOMES PUBLIC CHARGE

SEO. 21. That any alien liable to be excluded because likely to become a public charge or because of physical disability other than tuberculosis in any form or a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease may, if otherwise admissible, nevertheless be admitted in the discretion of the Attorney General upon the giving of a suitable and proper bond or undertaking, approved by said Attorney General, in such amount and containing such conditions as he may prescribe, to the United States and to all States, Territories, counties, towns, municipalities, and districts thereof, holding the United States and all States, Territories, counties, towns, municipalities, and districts thereof harmless against such alien becoming a public charge. In lieu of such bond, such alien may deposit in cash with the Attorney General such amount as the Attorney General may require, which amount shall be deposited by said Attorney General in the United States Postal Savings Bank, a receipt therefor to be given the person furnishing said sum, showing the fact and object of its receipt and such other information as said Attorney General may deem advisable. All accruing interest on said deposit during the time same shall be held in the United States Postal Savings Bank shall be paid to the person furnishing the sum for deposit. In the event of such alien becoming a public charge, the Attorney General shall dispose of said deposit in the same manner as if same had been collected under a bond as provided in this section. In the event of the permanent departure from the United States, the naturalization, or the death of such alien, the said sum shall be returned to the person by whom furnished, or to his legal representatives. The admission of such alien shall be a consideration for the giving of such bond, undertaking, or cash deposit. Suit may be brought thereon in the name and by the proper law officers either of the United States Government or of any State, Territory, District, county, town, or municipality in which such alien becomes a public charge. (39 Stat. 891; 8 U. S. C. 158.)

TEMPORARY DETENTION AND ADMISSION OR DEPORTATION, IN CASE OF CONTAGIOUS DISORDER, OR WIFE OR MINOR CHILD OF NATURALIZED PERSON OR RESIDENT ALIEN; EXPENSE OF TREATMENT

SEC. 22. That whenever an alien shall have been naturalized or shall have taken up his permanent residence in this country, and thereafter shall send for his wife or minor children to join him, and said wife or any of said minor children shall be found to be affected with any contagious disorder, such wife or minor children shall be held, under such regulations as the Attorney General shall prescribe, until it shall be determined whether the disorder will be easily curable or whether they can be permitted to land without danger to other persons; and they shall not be either admitted or deported until such facts have been ascertained; and if it shall be determined that the disorder is easily curable and the husband or father or other responsible person is willing to bear the expense of the treatment, they may be accorded treatment in hospital until cured and then be admitted, or if it shall be determined that they can be permitted to land without danger

to other persons, they may, if otherwise admissible, thereupon be admitted: Provided, That if the person sending for wife or minor children is naturalized, a wife to whom married or a minor child born subsequent to such husband or father's naturalization shall be admitted without detention for treatment in hospital, and with respect to a wife to whom married or a minor child born prior to such husband or father's naturalization the provisions of this section shall be observed, even though such person is unable to pay the expense of treatment, in which case the expense shall be paid from the appropriation for the enforcement of this Act. (39 Stat. 891-892; 8 U. S. C. 159.)

COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION; ADMINISTRATION OF IMMIGRATION LAWS; RULES AND REGULATIONS; PROTECTION OF ALIENS; CONTRACTS FOR SUPPORT OF DISTRESSED ALIENS; DETAIL OF IMMIGRATION AND MEDICAL OFFICERS; IMMIGRATION OFFICERS; DUTIES; LANDING STATIONS FOR ALIEN PASSENGERS TRANSPORTED FROM CANADA OR MEXICO

SEC. 23. That the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization shall perform all his duties under the direction of the Attorney General. Under such direction he shall have charge of the administration of all laws relating to the immigration of aliens into the United States, and shall have the control, direction, and supervision of all officers, clerks, and employees appointed thereunder; he shall establish such rules and regulations, prescribe such forms of bond, reports, entries, and other papers, and shall issue from time to time such instructions not inconsistent with law, as he shall deem best calculated for carrying out the provisions of this Act and for protecting the United States and aliens migrating thereto from fraud and loss, and shall have authority to enter into contract for the support and relief of such aliens as may fall into distress or need public aid, and to remove to their native country, or the country from whence they came, or to the country of which they are citizens or subjects, at any time after entry, at the expense of the appropriations for the enforcement of this Act, such as fall into distress or need public aid from causes arising subsequent to their entry and are desirous of being so removed, but any person thus removed shall forever be ineligible for readmission except upon the approval of the Secretary of State and the Attorney General. He shall prescribe rules for the entry and inspection of aliens coming to the United States from or through Canada and Mexico, so as not unnecessarily to delay, impede, or annoy persons in ordinary travel between the United States and said countries, and shall have power to enter into contracts with transportation lines for the said purpose. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization to detail officers of the Immigration and Naturalization Service from time to time as may be necessary, in his judgment, to secure information as to the number of aliens detained in the penal, reformatory, and

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48 Act of May 14, 1937 (50 Stat. 164; 8 U. S. C. 102). Prior thereto, sec. 23, Act of February 5, 1917 (39 Stat. 892; 8 U. S. C. 101-2, 108, 160), read in part as follows: "and shall have authority to enter into contract for the support and relief of such aliens as may fall into distress or need public aid, and to remove to their native country, at any time within three years after entry, at the expense of the appropriations for the enforcement of this Act, such as fall into distress or need public aid from causes arising subsequent to their entry and are desirous of being so removed;

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