He most assuredly did bring this matter to the floor of the Senate this year and we were not successful. but then we had not gotten the support of the Attorney General and the Secretary of State. You cannot imagine George Shultz or Edwin Meese wanting anything to do with the nuttiness of the detention of Patricia Lara. Imagine George Shultz. with all he has on his mind. receiving a note from the Ambassador of Colombia saying: "Sir. what are you doing?" And the Director of the Naturalization Service does not even know about it. nobody thinks it important enough to tell officials in Washington. At least the Service could have said. "Sorry. maam. you have to take the next plane back." But. put her in jail? Would it not be useful to think of a group of us getting together and really pressing legislation in the next session. asking the administration to help so as to stop embarrassing the President of the United States and his country and our country?
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