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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 43- -JUNE 28, 1940 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 sen- tenced 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 relates to criminals, prostitutes, procurers, or other immoral persons, the men- tally and physically deficient, anarchists, and similar classes; or (5) subsection (b) of this section." SEC. 21. The Act entitled "An Act to provide for the deportation of aliens convicted and sentenced for violation of any law regulating traffic in narcotics", approved February 18, 1931, is amended- (1) By striking out the words "and sentenced"- (2) By inserting after the words "any statute oi the United States" the following: "or of any State, Territory, possession, or of the Dis- trict of Columbia,"; and (3) By inserting after the word "heroin" a comma and the word "marihuana". SEC. 22 . No alien shall be deportable by reason of the amendments made by section 20 or 21 on account of any act committed prior to the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 23. (a) The first paragraph of section 1 of the Act entitled "An Act to exclude and expel from the United States aliens who are members of the anarchistic and similar classes", approved October 16, 1918, as amended, is amended to read as follows: 'That any alien who, at any time, shall be or shall have been a member of any one of the following classes shall be excluded from admission into the United States:". (b) Section 2 of such Act of October 16, 1918, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2. Any alien who was at the time of entering the United States, or has been at any time thereafter, a member of any one of the classes of aliens enumerated in section 1 of this Act, shall, upon the warrant of the Attorney General, be taken into custody and deported in the manner provided in the Immigration Act of February 5, 1917. The provisions of this section shall be applicable to the classes of aliens mentioned in this Act, irrespective of the time of their entry into the United States." TITLE III SEC. 30. No visa shall hereafter be issued to any alien seeking to enter the United States unless said alien has been registered and fingerprinted in duplicate. One copy of the registration and finger- print record shall be retained by the consul. The second copy shall be attached to the alien's visa and shall be taken up by the examining immigrant inspector at the port of arrival of the alien in the United States and forwarded to the Department of Justice, at Washington, District of Columbia. Any alien seeking to enter the United States who does not present a visa (except in emergency cases defined by the Secretary of State), a reentry permit, or a border-crossing identification card shall be excluded from admission to the United States. SEC. 31. (a) It shall be the duty of every alien now or hereafter in the United States, who (1) is fourteen years of age or older, (2) 193470°-41-PT .4 -- 43 Act of Feb. 18,1931, amendments. 46 Stat. 1171. 8 U.S.. § 15fsa. Acts committed prior to enactment. Act of Oct. 16, 1918, amendments. 40 Stat. 1012 . 8U.S.C. §137. Exclusion, if mem- ber of any one of designated classes of aliens. 40 Stat. 1012 . 8U.S.C.§137. Deportation. 39 Stat. W89. 8U.S.C. §15. Registration and fingerprinting of aliens. Issuance of visas. Exclusion of aliens not presenting visas, etc.; exception. Duty of aliens 14 years of age or older.

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