This has been the traditional role of our independent judiciary and I believe it should continue. This legislation will allow a court to hold an individual for at least 10 days based upon a mere request of a foreign government with no supporting evidence. In the interests of "efficiency and uniformity." this legislation will permit the abridgment of the human rights of not only our own citizens but of those of political refugees from oppressive regimes abroad. Mr. Speaker. my distinguished colleague from Michigan intends to introduce a series of amendments to this resolution which will provide the necessary specificity the current bill lacks. Those amendments will restore the important role the courts currently play in our extradition process and allow a clear differentiation between terrorism and political refugees. The amendments will avoid the situation in which the extradition process could inadvertently assist oppressive regimes in their persecution of political dissidents. They will assure that accused persons are treated justly and that trial abroad of an extradited person will be only for the extraditable offense.
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