Speaker. on March 14. 1979. I introduced legislation. H.R. 2967. which would provide for the deportation of certain nonimmigrant aliens who knowingly participate in a political demonstration which results or was intended to result in injury or damage to the person or property of another. The Attorney General could suspend deportation proceedings in exceptional cases for humanitarian purposes. I was prompted to take this action last winter during the series of demonstrations by Iranian students immediately preceding the fall of the Shah. Now. with 60 U.S. citizens held as hostages in Tehran and Iranian students making a mockery of our Statue of Liberty and burning the American flag. the need for effective legislation is even more acute. and I urge my colleagues to support this measure.
Keywords matched
deportation