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I wrote to Hon. STROM THURMoND. chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary. advising him of the important questions raised in the ORourke case. and requesting that a hearing be held by the Judiciary Committee. Senator THURmOND suggested that I propound some specific questions to the Department of Immigration and Naturalization before proceeding with the request for a hearing. which I then undertook to do. In my letter dated July 19. 1983. I wrote to Attorney General Smith and also to Commissioner Nelson. propounding those specific questions. There was no response by the Department of Justice or the Department of Immigration and Naturalization except for some telephone calls and meetings from staff to staff which did not result in any specific answers to my questions about the recusal of Administrative Law Judge Hupp. This led me again to write to Attorney General Smith on September 28. 1983. I received no response to that letter until Commissioner Nelson wrote to me on October 26. assuring me that Mr. ORourke would not be deported until there was a completion of the appellate process with respect to his case. Finally. on November 30. 1983. Mr.