Chapter 174. To deport certain undesirable aliens and to deny readmission to those deported

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CHAP. 174.— An Act To deport certain undesirable aliens and to deny readmission to those deported. May 10, 1920. [[H. R. 6750](/us/bill/66/hr/6750).] [[Public, No. 197](/us/pl/66/197).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That aliens of the followingAliens.Deportation of additional undesirable, directed. classes, in addition to those for whose expulsion from the United States provision is made in the existing law, shall, upon the warrant of the Secretary of Labor, be taken into his custody and deported in the manner provided in sections 19 and 20 of the Act of February 5,Vol. 39, p. 889. 1917, entitled “An Act to regulate the immigration of aliens to, and the residence of aliens in, the United States,” if the Secretary of Labor, after hearing, finds that such aliens are undesirable residentsClasses designated. of the United States, to wit:

(1)All aliens who are now interned under section 4067 of the RevisedInterned alien enemies.Vol. 40, p. 531.Vol. 40, pp. 1650, 1716, 1729, 1772. Statutes of the United States and the proclamations issued by the President in pursuance of said section under date of April 6, 1917, November 16, 1917, December 11, 1917, and April 19, 1918, respectively.

(2)All aliens who since August 1, 1914, have been or may hereafterConvicted of violating designated laws. be convicted of any violation or conspiracy to violate any of594the following Acts or parts of Acts, the judgment on such conviction having become final, namely:

(a)Espionage Act.Vol. 40, pp. 217, 553. An Act entitled “An Act to punish acts of interference with the foreign relations, the neutrality, and the foreign commerce of the United States, to punish espionage, and better to enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and for other purposes,” approved June 15, 1917, or the amendment thereof approved May 16, 1918;

(b)Explosives Act.Vol. 40, p. 385. An Act entitled “An Act to prohibit the manufacture, distribution, storage, use, and possession in time of war of explosives, providing regulations for the safe manufacture, distribution, storage, use, and possession of the same, and for other purposes,” approved October 6, 1917;

(c)Act restricting foreign travel.Vol. 40, p. 559. An Act entitled “An Act to prevent in time of war departure from and entry into the United States contrary to the public safety,” approved May 22, 1918;

(d)Act punishing injury to war material, etc.Vol. 40, p. 533. An Act entitled “An Act to punish the willful injury or destruction of war material or of war premises or utilities used in connection with war material, and for other purposes,” approved April 20, 1918;

(e)Army emergency increase Act.Vol. 40, pp. 80, 884, 955. An Act entitled “An Act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States,” approved May 18, 1917, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto;

(f)Act punishing threats against the President.Vol. 39, p. 917. An Act entitled “An Act to punish persons who make threats against the President of the United States,” approved February 14, 1917;

(g)Trading with the enemy Act.Vol. 40, p. 411. An Act entitled “An Act to define, regulate, and punish trading with the enemy, and for other purposes,” approved October 6, 1917, or any amendment thereof;

(h)Seditious conspiracy.Vol. 35, p. 1088.Offenses against friendly powers from August 1, 1914, to April 6, 1917.Vol. 35, p. 1090.Antitrust violations in aid of European belligerents.Vol. 26, p. 209. Section 6 of the Penal Code of the United States. Sec. 2. Order of Secretary of Labor final. That in every case in which any such alien is ordered expelled or excluded from the United States under the provisions of this Act the decision of the Secretary of Labor shall be final. Sec. 3. Readmission prohibited. That in addition to the aliens who are by law now excluded from admission into the United States all persons who shall be expelled under any of the provisions of this Act shall also be excluded from readmission. Approved, May 10, 1920.