Mr. Chairman. section 243(h) of the present law authorizes the Attorney General to suspend deportation of any alien if the alien can establish to his satisfaction that he would. if returned to a foreign country. be subject to physical persecution. The language of the bill on page 40 deletes the word "physical." I can understand and appreciate the purpose of this change. The clause "physical persecution" is entirely too narrow. It is almost impossible for the alien under an order of deportation to assemble the quantum of evidence necessary to discharge his burden of proof. On the other hand. I suggest that the word "persecution" standing alone may be too broad In concept and too flexible in definition.
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