Samuel Valente's criminal record dated to 1923. He served six years of a prison sentence for dealing narcotics before being paroled in 1946. In 1947 the subject of Valente's impending deportation was taken up by a United States House Subcommittee. Representative William Thomas Byrne of Valente's Rensselaer County, Troy, New York district, introduced a bill. It was designed to assist Valente with avoiding deportation to Italy. My e-book looks at the House subcommittee debate which consumed numerous hearings on the topic.