The House Immigration Committee yesterday administered a severe rebuke to representatives of a number of so-called patriotic organizations who had repeatedly appeared before it in opposition to any liberalization of the immigration laws, when the committee refused to grant them a hearing on the bill, recommended by the Labor Department, to authorize the secretary of labor to readmit deported aliens under certain conditions.
Instead of hearing this group the committee immediately went into executive session to consider several bills proposing such legislation. The committee again heard Peter F. Snyder, assistant to the secretary of labor, who cited numerous cases of hardship meriting the readmission of deported aliens. The committee requested Mr. Snyder to draft an additional feature, for its consideration, granting the secretary of labor the right to permit deportable aliens to depart voluntarily and thus save themselves from the stigma of deportation. On the main question the committee has not yet taken a vote but the discussion indicated the probability of approval for the bill enabling deported aliens to reenter the country one year from date of deportation.
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