Mr. Speaker. the shortness of the lameduck session did not permit the consideration of the Immigration Reform Act. H.R. 7357. While I had serious reservations about the bill in several areas. I believe that the asylum adjudication provisions in the House bill were a significant improvement over Senate provisions and would have gone a long way in removing the ideological bias which currently permeates our asylum process. I would have hoped that additional amendments. in the area of judicial review and right to counsel. would have further improved these provisions. The need for reform. in this area. is all too evident. The administration has continued to reflect an ideological and racial bias in its conduct of U.S. refugee and asylum policy. I have enclosed for my colleagues consideration a critique of "The Reagan Administrations Human Rights: A MidTerm Review" prepared by Americas Watch. The Helsinki Watch. and the Lawyers Committee for International Human Rights.
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