Charles Evans Whittaker

“ And § 241 (d) makes § 241 (a) (11) applicable to all aliens covered thereby 'notwithstanding * * * that the facts * * * occurred prior to the date of enactment of this Act.' It seems to us indisputable, therefore, that Congress was legislating retrospectively, as it may do, [5] to cover offenses of the kind here involved. ”

“ Section 241 (a) (11) and § 241 (d) specifically provide for the deportation of an alien notwithstanding that the offense for which he is being deported occurred prior to the 1952 Act. Section 241 (a) (11) makes an alien deportable if he has 'at any time' been convicted of illicit traffic in narcotic drugs. ”